A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.
We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
The seed of revolution is repression.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.