A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend upon the support of Paul.

The art of government is the organization of idolatry

The art of government is the organisation of idolatry.

I make a fortune from criticizing the policy of the government, and then hand it over to the government in taxes to keep it going

Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it....

In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every financier a dictator, every private employer a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at their mercy, and no public responsibility. And to symbolize this state of things, this defeat of all government, you have set up in New York Harbour a monstrous idol which you call Liberty. The only thing that remains to complete this monument is to put on its pedestal the inscription written by Dante on the gate of Hell ‘All hope abandon, ye who enter here.