"Politics have no relation to morals...." - Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“So long as the great majority of men are not deprived of either property or honor, they are satisfied.”

“There are three kinds of brains: One understands of itself, another can be taught to understand, and the third can neither understand to itself or be taught to understand.”

“And when neither their property nor honour is touched, the majority of men live content, and he has only to contend with the ambition of a few, whom he can curb with ease in many ways.”

“Politics...You see, it depends on what kind of politics. What we did during my father's generation was a duty. And it was beautiful because its goal was the conquest of freedom.”

“Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.”

“We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties.”

“Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the action of masses of men.”

“I do not wish any reward but to know I have done the right thing.”

“The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.”