The seed of revolution is repression.
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.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We tend to get what we expect.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Information is the currency of democracy.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.