You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

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.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.

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.

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.

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.

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

You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.

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

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

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

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.