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

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

A riot is at bottom the language of the unheard.

Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”

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.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

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.

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

Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.

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.

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