I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

Let my enemies devour each other.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

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

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

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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.