Those who want the Government to regulate matters of the mind and spirit are like men who are so afraid of being murdered that they commit suicide to avoid assassination.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

That government is best which governs least.

I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.