The seed of revolution is repression.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

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

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

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.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

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

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

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

Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes