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

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

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Quitting is leading too.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

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

He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

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

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.