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.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

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

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

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

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

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

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.