Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.
If someone puts their hands on you make sure they never put their hands on anybody else again.
You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Actual aristocracy cannot be abolished by any law: all the law can do is decree how it is to be imparted and who is to acquire it.
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it to be always kept alive.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Information is the currency of democracy.
In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.
If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people...they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.