Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.
I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile - hoping it will eat him last.
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.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Hence 'the overthrow of government' as a coercive power, thereby denying God in another form.
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
