Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

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

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

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

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

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

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

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

Politics have no relation to morals.

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

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.