The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
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.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it