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

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!

Every country has the government it deserves.

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

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.

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

Envy is the basis of democracy.

Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

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

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

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

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