No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

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

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

The lady's not for turning.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.