Lead from the back and let others believe they are in front

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

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.

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

I fight on. I fight to win.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

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

It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments.

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

A leader leads by example, not by force

Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.

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

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

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail.

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

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

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.