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

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

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Every country has the government it deserves.

What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.

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.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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

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

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

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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