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

That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

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

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

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

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.

The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.

I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few

Speaking generally, punishment hardens and numbs, it produces concentration, it sharpens the consciousness of alienation, it strengthens the power of resistance.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes

The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

We tend to get what we expect.