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

He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

Democracy is the road to socialism.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

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

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

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

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

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.

Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

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.

Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's from Neptune.

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