I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

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

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

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

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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.

Action expresses priorities.

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

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

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

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

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.