The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
Good laws lead to the making of better ones; bad ones bring about worse.
If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed
Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.
So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.
Example is leadership.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.