He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

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

Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half of the time.

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

Envy is the basis of democracy.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.

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

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 free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

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.