One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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.

Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

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

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

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

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.

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