Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

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

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

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.

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.

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

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

A real leader is somebody who can help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.

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

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

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

People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.