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

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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

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

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

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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

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

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

A leader leads by example, not by force

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

I fight on. I fight to win.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.