The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

A reasonable doubt is nothing more than a doubt for which reasons can be given. The fact that 1 or 2 men out of 12 differ from the others does not establish that their doubts are reasonable.

Political liberty is nothing else but the diffusion of power.

A politician who enters public life may as well face the fact that the best way of not being found out is not to do anything which, if found out, will cause his ruin.

The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion.

The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.

You ought not to be ashamed of being bored. What you ought to be ashamed of is being boring.