I'm not at all embarrassed to be a revolutionary.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

Master the chaos within yourself and I promise you, you will gain the strength to withstand any storm.

CS Lewis's humor supported his exposition but never dominated or diminished it.

I’m fading, Bethany, I know it. I think that’s what happened to my dad, that’s why I can’t see him. One day I’ll be so see-through that you’ll forget I was ever here, just like everyone else has.

The best or nothing at all.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

I tell people I'm on a diet. If somebody sees me with a muffin, they'll think I'm off my diet. It's like secret little police that I've made for myself.

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

I must say it's pretty dreary living in the American Age - unless you're an American of course. Perhaps all our children will be Americans.

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.