“The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.”
Source: Speaking of Abraham Lincoln
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“Public opinion in this country is everything.”
Source: Abraham Lincoln: Speeches & Writings Part 2: 1859-1865: Library of America #46
“He who molds the public sentiment... makes statutes and decisions possible or impossible to make.”
Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
Source: 1829-1836
“The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.”
“What Democratic congressmen do to their women staffers, Republican congressmen do to the country.”
“You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker.”
“We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.”
“When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.”
“The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.”
Source: Grundrisse: Foundations of the critique of political economy
Source: Works: with a life of the author
Source: The Works [of] John Adams, Second President of the United States: Life of John Adams
Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: With a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations
“The essence of a free government consists in an effectual control of rivalries.”
Source: The Political Writings of John Adams
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.”
Source: Mencken Chrestomathy
“Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.”
“If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.”
“The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.”
“Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.”
Source: Michel de Montaigne: Selected Essays
“The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.”
Source: Annotated Essays of Michel de Montaigne with English Grammar Exercises: by Michel de Montaigne (Author), Robert Powell (Editor)
“Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.”