The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.

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

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

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

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

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.