No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

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

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Example is leadership.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

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

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

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

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

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

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

There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.

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