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

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.

Every country has the government it deserves.

I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

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

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