To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
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.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.
Let my enemies devour each other.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Action expresses priorities.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.