Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.
There are always three speeches, for every one you actually gave. The one you practiced, the one you gave, and the one you wish you gave.
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.
You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
In all intellectual debates, both sides tend to be correct in what they affirm, and wrong in what they deny.
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.
He who tampers with the currency robs labour of its bread.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
The defence of our rights and our dignity, as well as efforts never to let ourselves to be overcome by the feeling of hatred - this is the road we have chosen.