A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
