The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.

No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

Politics is the art of the possible.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.

Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.