The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees all others.
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
How fortunate for leaders that men do not think.
Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.
More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
Better to die fighting for freedom than be a prisoner all the days of your life.
An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.
Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.
The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.
