Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

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

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

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

A real leader is somebody who can help us overcome the limitations of our own individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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.

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