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

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

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

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

Politics is the art of the possible.

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

Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.

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

To be turned from one’s course by men’s opinions, by blame, and by misrepresentation shows a man unfit to hold office.

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.

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

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

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