Appearances matter and remember to smile.

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

Government can easily exist without laws, but law cannot exist without government.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Loyalty to country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.

Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

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

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

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

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

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

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

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.

Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies.

I'm not hard, I'm frightfully soft. But I will not be hounded.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

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

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

The general tendency of things throughout the world is to render mediocrity the ascendant power among mankind.