To lead the people, walk behind them.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

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

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

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

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

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

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

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

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

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

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

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.