Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
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.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
I fight on. I fight to win.
Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
