A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

A leader leads by example, not by force