By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

I fight on. I fight to win.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.