Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
