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

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

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

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

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

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

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.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

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

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.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.