We tend to get what we expect.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Fascism is capitalism in decay.
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
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.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
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.
Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.