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

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

I fight on. I fight to win.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

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

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

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

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

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.

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

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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