All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy.

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

The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

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

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

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

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

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

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

The U.S. presidency is a Tudor monarchy plus telephones.

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

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

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.