Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
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.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property
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.
