That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

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

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

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

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.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

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

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

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

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Lead, follow, or get out of the way.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.