Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

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

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

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

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

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

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

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

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed