The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

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

When everything has to be right, something isn't.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.

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.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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

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

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

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

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

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.

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

Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.