Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

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

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

Let my enemies devour each other.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Quitting is leading too.

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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