It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that you'll do things differently.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

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

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

Votes do not fall from the trees like ripe plums. They have to be fought for.

An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.

Information is the currency of democracy.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.