Political Quotes

Our country—this great Republic—means nothing unless it means the triumph of a real democracy, the triumph of popular government, and, in the long run, of an economic system under which each man shall be guaranteed the opportunity to show…

I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.

I have just been shot.

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.