Democracy is the road to socialism.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

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

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

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

Politics have no relation to morals.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

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

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

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

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.