Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

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

Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

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

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

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

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.