Don't fight forces, use them.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
The lady's not for turning.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
We tend to get what we expect.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.