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, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

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

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.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

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

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

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.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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

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

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Example is leadership.