Information is the currency of democracy.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

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.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

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

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

A leader leads by example, not by force

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

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

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

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

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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

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