Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees
If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.
Let them call me a rebel and welcome. I feel no concern from it. But should I suffer the misery of devils, were I to make a whore of my soul.
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
Fear is the foundation of most governments.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life.
The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest