You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
Politics have no relation to morals.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.