Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

Of this stamp is the cant of, not men, but measures.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best read more

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce"
voting at elections is the best method.
[Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio,
nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have read more

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can’t ruin this country even with politics.

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my read more

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.