If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
Quitting is leading too.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
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 problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.