Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.
Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Any cook should be able to run the country.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.
