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

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

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

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.