Politics have no relation to morals.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

Fascism is capitalism in decay.

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.

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

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

Quitting is leading too.

We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.