Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

Je ne suis pas d'accord avec ce que vous dites, mais je d‚fendrai jusqu'... la mort le droit que vous avez de le dire/ I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity.

It is only through timidity that states are lost.

Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.

Happiness is not the portion of man.