Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

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

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

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

Example is leadership.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.