It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.