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

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

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

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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.

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

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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

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

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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

The seed of revolution is repression.