Boredom, after all, is a form of criticism.

Will the slave fight? If any man asks you, tell him No. But if anyone asks you will a Negro fight, tell him Yes!

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies.

Republics exist only on the tenure of being constantly agitated.... There is no republican road to safety but in constant distrust.

Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.

Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.

Revolutions are not made, they come.