By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

Actually, to be an effective person politically in this country, I think you have to be thirty or over, and also you have to be rich, well-placed, you have to be close to power. And I don’t think that young people, because they look young, can do much, as I think they are counterproductive.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

The facts tell us that no religious Faith releases – or ever has released at any moment in History – a higher degree of warmth, a more intense dynamism of unification than the Christianity of our own day – and the more Catholic it is, the truer my words.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.

It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.

I want to be the white man’s brother, not his brother-in-law.

We care for each other and care about our family, and we are both working towards the same goal.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

Politics is just a function of business now, just a tributary of the great entrepreneurial capitalist system.

The resolve of our great nation is being tested. But make no mistake, we will show the world that we will pass the test.

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

The idea that putting Americans ‚first‘ requires a withdrawal from the world is simply wrongheaded because a retreat would achieve exactly the opposite for our citizens.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.

I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president.

Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.

I think politicians really go with the tide.

I would remind you the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

I see Americans of every party, every background, every faith who believe that we are stronger together: black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American; young, old; gay, straight; men, women, folks with disabilities, all pledging allegiance under the same proud flag to this big, bold country that we love. That’s what I see. That’s the America I know!

It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

I’m not a big politics guy.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular political solutions, then you don’t really care about the people that they claim to want to help.

We need to try to unite audiences, unite countries, join musical tastes, unite people.

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you’re the mayor. The bad news is, now you’re the mayor.

I have often thought that if a rational Fascist dictatorship were to exist, then it would choose the American system.

My aim is to create a happy society with genuine friendship. Friendship between Tibetan and Chinese peoples is very essential.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you’re actually helping to make America stronger.

If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.

It’s easy being a humorist when you’ve got the whole government working for you.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

You may agree or not with Gaddafi’s political ideas, but no one has the right to question the existence of Libya as an independent state and member of the United Nations.

Certainly in the next 50 years we shall see a woman president, perhaps sooner than you think. A woman can and should be able to do any political job that a man can do.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

The IRS! They’re like the Mafia, they can take anything they want!

I’m not in favour of dividing Hindus and Sikhs. I’m not in favour of dividing Hindus and Christians. All the citizens, all the voters, are my countrymen.

Politics is just like show business. You have a hell of an opening, coast for a while, and then have a hell of a close.

Every nation in every region now has a decision to make. Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

The connectivity declaration is about uniting the whole industry – a lot of companies that typically compete very fiercely – to push in a coherent direction.

Politics have no relation to morals.

I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana’s loss, and gratitude for her all-too-short life. It is a chance to show to the whole world the British nation united in grief and respect.

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

I can’t really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

Standing as I do, with my hand upon this staff, and under the folds of the American flag, I ask you to stand by me so long as I stand by it.

I don’t follow politics much.

A war is a horrible thing, but it’s also a unifier of countries.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.