“Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking.”

“Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.”

“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”

“In politics the choice is constantly between two evils.”

“The great business of life is to be to do to do without and to depart.”

“No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”