If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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

A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are

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

The paradox of courage is that a man must be a little careless of his life even in order to keep it.

No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition.

Capitalists are no more capable of self-sacrifice than a man is capable of lifting himself up by his own bootstraps.

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

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

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

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

Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest

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