Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.

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

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

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

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.

I shall be an autocrat: that’s my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that’s his.

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

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

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

The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Envy is the basis of democracy.