They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

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

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

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.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

A leader leads by example, not by force