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.
Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.
In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
When everything has to be right, something isn't.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
That is why we fight - in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.
A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.
Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.
Never exceed your rights, and they will soon become unlimited.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.
A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.
Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.
