Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
It has been said that Democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.
Liberty does not exist in the absence of morality.
In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.
Democracy is...the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.
I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.
Politics have no relation to morals.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
Whoever controls the media, controls the mind
The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.
We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.
