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

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

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

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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.

Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

Whether for good or evil, it is sadly inevitable that all political leadership requires the artifices of theatrical illusion. In the politics of a democracy, the shortest distance between two points is often a crooked line.

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.

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

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

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

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.