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.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

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