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

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

Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

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

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

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

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

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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

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

Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.