In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

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

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

I fight on. I fight to win.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

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

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.