We tend to get what we expect.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.

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

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

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

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.

Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.