Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

I fight on. I fight to win.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

The lady's not for turning.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.