Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

Politics is the art of the possible.

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

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

Every country has the government it deserves.

All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.

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.

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

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

There is nothing more tyrannical than a strong popular feeling among a democratic people.

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

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