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

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

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

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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

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.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

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.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Information is the currency of democracy.

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

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

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

If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

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