“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
“A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the highest virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means.”
“Everything begins in mystery and ends in politics.”
“In the end, that's what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?”
“Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.”
“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.”