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

Politics is the art of the possible.

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.

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

Sic semper tyrannis! The South is avenged.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

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

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

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.

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

I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.

Every country has the government it deserves.

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