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

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

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

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.