Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

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

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.

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

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

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

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

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.