Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

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

The seed of revolution is repression.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

Let my enemies devour each other.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

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

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

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

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

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.