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

Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

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

No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.

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

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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

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

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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