An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Quitting is leading too.