As government expands, liberty contracts.

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

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

The Democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.

A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.

Dictators never invent their own opportunities.

Let my enemies devour each other.

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.

The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its average men and women.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

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

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

It is true that liberty is precious; so precious that it must be carefully rationed.

I am not an Athenian nor a Greek, but a citizen of the world.

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

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.