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

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

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

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

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

I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.

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

Every country has the government it deserves.

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

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.

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

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

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