It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Information is the currency of democracy.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Don't fight forces, use them.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

Politics have no relation to morals.