The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.
Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
Dictators never invent their own opportunities.
A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.
Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.
The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all the people.
God grants liberty only to those who love it and are always ready to guard and defend it.
Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are
You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
Democracy... while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide.
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.
Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.