Self-denial is not a virtue; it is only the effect of prudence on rascality.

Liberty is the breath of life to nations.

In literature the ambition of the novice is to acquire the literary language; the struggle of the adept is to get rid of it.

Patriotism is a word which always commemorates a robbery.

I can't control what life did to me, but I can control how I react. Therein lies the difference.

We should find ourselves committed to killing a great many people whom we now leave living, and to leave living a great many people whom we at present kill. We should have to get rid of all ideas about capital punishment.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.