In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.
Action expresses priorities.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
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.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
