Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

The lady's not for turning.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

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

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

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

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.