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

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

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

Action expresses priorities.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

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

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

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

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

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

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.