“In politics, stupidity is not a handicap.”

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The only victory over love is flight.

I start out by believing the worst

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his own and the enemies

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

The surest way to remain poor is to be honest.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

Music is what tell us that the human race is greater than we realize.

The best way to keep one’s word is not to give it.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

I didn’t leave the Democratic party, the Democratic Party left me.

If there are people who sense they are facing inequality, it is the role of politics to shed light on them.

I am an educationist. I’m an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

When an individual stands against the government and wins, it’s not the victory of the individual but it’s the victory of the democracy.

Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.

Politics is not a baseball game with winners or losers. What politics is about is whether we protect the needs of millions of people in this country who are hurting.