In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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

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.

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

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.

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

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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