Politics Quotes

"I have been accused of being a despot, but I have only sought order."

"Order is heaven's first law, and the law of nations is but its reflection."

"The purpose of government is to secure the happiness of the people."

"War is the remedy that our rulers seem confident will heal all political disease."

"Wars are made by politicians, not soldiers, though soldiers fight them."

"Beware the ambition of men who love war more than they love peace."

"Politics without principle is merely the art of gaining power; with principle, it becomes service."

"The enemy of my enemy is not my friend but merely a temporary tool to be used wisely."

"Nations don't fail; they are abandoned by those who should lead them."

"A nation's strength lies not in its armies, but in its character."

"The art of governing is the art of being honest."

"To govern is to serve."

"Political systems endure only when rooted in virtue."

"Politics divorced from morality becomes mere ambition."

"I would rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the United States Senate."

"It matters not whether you are Republican or Democrat if your heart is true to the Union."

"The right to hold slaves is nowhere sustained except in the Constitution of the United States."

"A government that cannot protect its citizens is not a government."

"The object of government is the welfare of the people."

"In matters of state, sentiment must sometimes yield to the hard calculations of necessity."

"The concentration of military force requires the dispersion of political will to support it."

"A nation's strength lies not in its armies, but in its unity."

"To build a nation requires not just great leaders, but great citizens."

"The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest."

"In matters of state, clarity of purpose must precede clarity of action."

"A nation's future is determined by the quality of decisions made today."

"A democracy is so fickle that you never can tell where the headed mob will go."

"In our country, I have no purpose or intention to interfere with the institution of slavery."

"I believe that the United States is bound to have slavery, it is bound to have it until the end of time."

"The amount of money to be expended in our country for military purposes is too much."