Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

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

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

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

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable

Politics have no relation to morals.

Action expresses priorities.

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.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

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

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

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