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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

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

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

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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

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