So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful for impotence.

The power of the executive to cast a man into prison, ... without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule to never criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

Their insatiable lust for power is only equaled by their incurable impotence in exercising it.

It is certainly more agreeable to have power to give than to receive