“When the goal of political action is no longer the defense of liberty, no word other than demagoguery can describe the despicable nature of politics.”

“Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.”

“There are some militarists who say: ‘We are not interested in politics but only in the profession of arms.’ It is vital that these simple-minded militarists be made to realize the relationship that exists between politics and military affairs. Military action is a method used to attain a political goal. While military affairs and political affairs are not identical, it is impossible to isolate one from the other.” - Mao Zedong, Yu Chi Chan”

“What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very opposite of ownership and control, cannot, then, result from political action, either at the polls or at the barricades, but rather evolves out of attitude. If it results from anything, it must be levity.”

“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”

“There are words to describe her, my dear, but one does not repeat them in polite company.”