A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

The seed of revolution is repression.