The best of all rulers is but a shadowy presence to his subjects.

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

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

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

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.

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

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

The most hateful torment for men is to have knowledge of everything but power over nothing.

Envy is the basis of democracy.

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

I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.