Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
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.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
Appearances matter and remember to smile.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
