The will of the nation is one of those phrases most widely abused by schemers and tyrants of all ages.

The happy and powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it.

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.

I studied the Koran a great deal. I came away from that study with the conviction there have been few religions in the world as deadly to men as that of Muhammad.

Can it be believed that the democracy, which has overthrown the feudal system and vanquished kings, will retreat before tradesmen and capitalists?

He [Napoleon] was as great as a man can be without morality.