You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

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

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

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

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

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

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

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

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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

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

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

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