No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Quitting is leading too.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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

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

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

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

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

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.