Every country has the government it deserves.

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.

The vice presidency isn’t worth a pitcher of warm piss.

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

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

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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

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