It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
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.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
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.
