Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818
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“Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.”
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.”
“In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.”
“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.”
Source: The Wit & Wisdom of John Diefenbaker
“Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Herbert Hoover: A Compilation of Many of His Quotations
“Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.”
“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”
Source: The History of Freedom: Great Event
“Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.”
“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.”
“If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.”
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
“A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.”
“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
Source: Aug. 1949-Feb. 1953
Source: A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982