Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.