The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

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

No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.

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.

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.

Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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