(...) when a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

We hold our heads high, despite the price we have paid, because freedom is priceless.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The more you read about politics, the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

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

No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.

Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.

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

Can a nation be free if it oppresses other nations? It cannot.

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

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

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

Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

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.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.