It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it
Don't fight forces, use them.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
