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

Every country has the government it deserves.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

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

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

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 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.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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

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

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

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

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