He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

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

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

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

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.

In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

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.

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.