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

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.

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

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is the history of the limitation of government, not the increase of it.

99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

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

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

We tend to get what we expect.

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

Sometimes opportunities float right past your nose. Work hard, apply yourself, and be ready. When an opportunity comes you can grab it.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.