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

Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

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

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

I fight on. I fight to win.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed

There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.

Action expresses priorities.

Example is leadership.

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.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.