You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

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

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

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

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

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

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

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

Opportunities multiply as they are seized.

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

The lady's not for turning.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

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