He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

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.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

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

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.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Let my enemies devour each other.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

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

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.