Let my enemies devour each other.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
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.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.
Information is the currency of democracy.
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.