Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.

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.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

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

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

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Don't fight forces, use them.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.