Before you can control conditions, you must first control yourself.

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

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

How do you tell a Communist? Well, its someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? Its someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

I don't think marriage is a civil right, but I think that being able to transfer property is a civil right.

The way to crush the bourgeoisie is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

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

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

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

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

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

The lady's not for turning.

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

I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

Think thousands time before taking a decision but - after taking decision never turn back even if you get thousands difficulties.

Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.