An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in the long run.

The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

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

Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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

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

On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.