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

One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.

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

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

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.

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

The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

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

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

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.

The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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