Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

Understanding can overcome any situation, however mysterious or insurmountable it may appear to be.

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

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.

To lead the people, walk behind them.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees

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

If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.

Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.

No one ever teaches well who wants to teach, or governs well who wants to govern.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.

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

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.

Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners.

Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others.

The lady's not for turning.

If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.