“Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.”

“In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.”

“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”

“Democracy is worth dying for, because it's the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.”

“The most dangerous moment for a bad government is when it begins to reform.”

“Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.”

“The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.”

“Patriotism is usually stronger than class hatred, and always stronger than internationalism.”

“Presidents are selected, not elected.”

“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.”

“Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by t...”

“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.”