Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are
I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.
Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.
If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable
Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.
Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.