Don't fight forces, use them.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

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

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

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

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.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

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

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.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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