Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

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.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

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.

Action expresses priorities.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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

Politics have no relation to morals.

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

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

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 seed of revolution is repression.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.