When they are 50 yards from Parliament Hill, they are no longer honourable members, they are just nobodies.

Obviously I prefer freedom, but I know, and I think all history has told us, that freedom cannot flow from anarchy and disorder.

In reality, though, the first thing to ask of history is that it should point out to us the paths of liberty. The great lesson to draw from revolutions is not that they devour humanity but rather that tyranny never fails to generate them.

I recognize that in some cases it's more important to have freedom and justice than to have peace.

The best thing you can possibly do for a friend is to be his friend.

In my political philosophy I think that there sometimes is room for violence.

I am peaceful but I am not a pacifist in the philosophical sense.