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

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

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

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

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

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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