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

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

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.

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

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

Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

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

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Politics is the art of the possible.

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