Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.