A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

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

Appearances matter and remember to smile.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks.

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

As government expands, liberty contracts.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

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

Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.

Sometimes you have to pick the Gun up to put the Gun down

A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.

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.

Every great movement must experience three stages: ridicule, discussion, adoption.