A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when youmove, fall like a thunderbolt.
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it.
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
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.
Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.