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

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

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

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

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.

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

The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.

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

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

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

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.

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