It’s a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it’s a depression when you lose your own.
Fame is a vapor, popularity is an accident, riches take wings, those who cheer today may curse tomorrow and only one thing endures – character.
The only thing new in the world is the history you do not know.
I never did give them hell. I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell.
If you can’t convince them, confuse them.
It’s not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It’s our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless.
Every fairy tale needs a good old-fashioned villain.
Believe and you’re halfway there.
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.
Intense feeling too often obscures the truth.
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.
No man should be allowed to be the President who does not understand hogs, or hasn’t been around a manure pile.
You can’t get rich in politics unless you’re a crook.
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.
Given the choice between a Republican and someone who acts like a Republican, people will vote for the real Republican all the time.
My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
To be able to lead others, a man must be willing to go forward alone.