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

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

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.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

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

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

While the State exists there can be no freedom; when there is freedom there will be no State.

Any cook should be able to run the country.

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

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

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

Patriots always talk of dying for their country but never of killing for their country.

We tend to get what we expect.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.