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

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

Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.

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

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

It is impossible to tell which of the two dispositions we find in men is more harmful in a republic, that which seeks to maintain an established position or that which has none but seeks to acquire it.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

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

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

What experience and history teach is this—that nations and governments have never learned anything from history or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it.

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

No human life, not even the life of a hermit, is possible without a world which directly or indirectly testifies to the presence of other human beings.