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.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
If you make peaceful revolution impossible you make violent revolution inevitable
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
Democracy is the road to socialism.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.
There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.