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.

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

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable

Democracy is the road to socialism.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

Information is the currency of democracy.

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