Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

The lady's not for turning.

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

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

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

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

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

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.