Action expresses priorities.

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

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

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

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

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

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

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

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

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

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

To lead the people, walk behind them.

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.