A leader leads by example, not by force

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

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.

Give us the child for 8 years and it will be a Bolshevik forever.

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

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.

Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity.

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

The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

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.