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.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330Quotes
The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.
—Che Guevara, 1968You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
—Henrik Ibsen, 1882To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.
—Quintus Fabius Maximus, c. 203 BCI am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.
—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1830Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.
—Immanuel Kant, 1784People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.
—Robert Byrd, 2005The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1787A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1944Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
—Laozi, c. 500 BCI say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
—H. Rap Brown, 1967Every country has the government it deserves.
—Joseph de Maistre, 1811