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

I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal.

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

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.

Every country has the government it deserves.

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

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

What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim. To him your celebration is a sham.

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

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

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

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

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