Think as the wise men think, but talk like the simple people do.
A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.
Only an armed people can be truly free. Only an unarmed people can ever be enslaved.
Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action.
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.