Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Don't fight forces, use them.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

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