A leader leads by example, not by force

Example is leadership.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

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.

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

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

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

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

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

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

The lady's not for turning.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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

Don't fight forces, use them.

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

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