Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.
A good businessman never makes a contract unless he's sure he can carry it through, yet every fool on earth is perfectly willing to sign a marriage contract without considering whether he can live up to it or not.
The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
The only interesting thing that can happen in a Swiss bedroom is suffocation by feather mattress.
One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.
Privately, I believe in none of them. Neither do you. Publicly, I believe in them all.
The only kind of love worth having is the kind that goes on living and laughing and fighting and loving.
We'll free every slave in every town and region. Can anybody get a bigger army than that?