“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.”

“Americans talked about voters the same way Russians talked about Stalin. They had to be obeyed.”