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

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

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

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

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

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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