"Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln."

"The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government."

"Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made."

"Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy."

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

"Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise.

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"Applause, mingled with boos and hisses, is about all that the average voter is able or willing to contribute to public life."

"Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper."

"Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes."