You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

The lady's not for turning.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

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

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Action expresses priorities.

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

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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

When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser.

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.