It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

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.

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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

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

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

I fight on. I fight to win.

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

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

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.