He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

A leader leads by example, not by force

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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.

Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Example is leadership.

Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.