Those of us who have been privileged to receive education, skills, and experiences and even power must be role models for the next generation of leadership.
To lead the people, walk behind them.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
One revolution is like one cocktail, it just gets you organized for the next.
Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
An aristocracy in a republic is like a chicken whose head has been cut off; it may run about in a lively way, but in fact it is dead.
I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
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.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.
The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have. The course of history shows us that as a government grows, liberty decreases.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.