You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
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.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.