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

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.

Purity of speech, of the mind, of the senses, and of a compassionate heart are needed by one who desires to rise to the divine platform.

Enemies make you stronger, allies make you weaker.

A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!

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

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

Power over others is weakness disguised as strength.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

Quitting is leading too.

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

Let my enemies devour each other.

The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance.

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

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.