It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

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.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

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

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.