“What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.”

“Imagination governs the world.”

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”

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

“You don't govern men who don't have religion, you shoot them.”

“Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.”

“A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.”