For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

The seed of revolution is repression.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

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

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

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.

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

Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

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

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

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.