Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.
Don't fight forces, use them.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
