Politics

"The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave."

"Colour is not a human or a personal reality; it is a political reality."

"Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?"

"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes."

"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."

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

"Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry."

"We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate."

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

"Many on the political left are so entranced by the beauty of their vision that they cannot see the ugly reality they are creating in the real world."

"I am an artist, not a politician."

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

"It is reasonable that everyone who asks justice should do justice."

"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."

"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."

"If you have been voting for politicians who promise to give you goodies at someone else's expense, then you have no right to complain when they take your money and give it to someone else, including themselves."

"The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking."

"He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled."

"Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country."

"Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war."

"Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe."

"One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."

"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe."

"He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."