Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

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

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Don't fight forces, use them.

(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

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

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

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

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

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

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.