Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.

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

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

The vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

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

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.