Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

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

Every country has the government it deserves.

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

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.

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

It is impossible to tell which of the two dispositions we find in men is more harmful in a republic, that which seeks to maintain an established position or that which has none but seeks to acquire it.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

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

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.