“Opposition: In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.
“Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.
“Politics are almost as exciting as war and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics - many times
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors
“No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority