Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
The seed of revolution is repression.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
I fight on. I fight to win.