No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed or outlawed or exiled, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor will we send against him except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.

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

People revere the Constitution yet know so little about it—and that goes for some of my fellow senators.

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

Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

I work for a government I despise for ends I think criminal.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

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

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

O citizens, first acquire wealth; you can practice virtue afterward.

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

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

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.