You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
He who talks more is sooner exhausted.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.