Give us what belongs to us in peace, and if you don't give it to us in peace, we will take it by force.

Leadership is a series of behaviors rather than a role for heroes.

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education.

The supreme principle of socialism is that man takes precedence over things, life over property, and hence, work over capital; that power follows creation, and not possession; that man must not be governed by circumstances, but circumstances must be governed by man.

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

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.