“Honesty is the best policy”
“Honesty is the best policy”
“In politics nothing is contemptible”
“Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it”
“I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office”
“The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination. ”
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”
“Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business”