All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.

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

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

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

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

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

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

God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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