We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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

Example is leadership.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

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

Let my enemies devour each other.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

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.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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

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

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

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.