The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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

Politics have no relation to morals.

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.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

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

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

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

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

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

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.