If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.

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

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

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

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

Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

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

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

Example is leadership.

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.

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

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.