Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Action expresses priorities.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!
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.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Politics have no relation to morals.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
