politics Quotes

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

That government is best which governs least.

Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.

Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves.

Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.

Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical.

I want to reform the tax code so that it's simple, fair, and asks the wealthiest households to pay higher taxes on incomes over $250,000 - the same rate we had when Bill Clinton was president; the same rate we had when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest surplus in history, and a lot of millionaires to boot.

Socialism never arises in the earlier phases of capitalism, as, for instance, among the pioneers of civilisation in a country where there is plenty of land available for private appropriation by the last comer.

Israel is following policies which maximise its security threats... policies which choose expansion over security... policies which lead to their moral degradation, their isolation, their delegitimation, as they call it now, and very likely ultimate destruction. That's not impossible.

Nicaragua dealt with the problem of terrorism in exactly the right way. It followed international law and treaty obligations. It collected evidence, brought the evidence to the highest existing tribunal, the International Court of Justice, and received a verdict - which, of course, the U.S. dismissed with contempt.