Politics

"Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion."

"I am increasingly persuaded that the earth belongs exclusively to the living and that one generation has no more right to bind another to it's laws and judgments than one independent nation has the right to command another."

"Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched."

"The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."

"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible."

"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."

"I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician."

"Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government."

"I am an artist, not a politician."

"Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar."

"What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?"

"The first lesson of economics is scarcity: There is never enough of anything to satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics."