My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

There is no method by which men can be both free and equal.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

I’m president of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli!

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.