The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.

The bells will ring and the marriages will begin. And it’s a great day in our state for equal protection under the law for all people.

Democracy is our commitment. It is our great legacy, a legacy we simply cannot compromise. Democracy is in our DNA.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.

Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.

India is a democracy; it is in our DNA.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

I can tell you this: If I’m ever in a position to call the shots, I’m not going to rush to send somebody else’s kids into a war.

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

El Salvador is a democracy so it’s not surprising that there are many voices to be heard here. Yet in my conversations with Salvadorans… I have heard a single voice.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

I think it’s my responsibility, as a person of influence… to sometimes try to do what I can.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

I’m gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.

Your success, or lack of success, is your responsibility. Even when you have a chain of command that you don’t like as well, its your responsibility to work with the up chain of command.

If I studied all my life, I couldn’t think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

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.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable – a most sacred right – a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

I don’t think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

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.

It sure is hell to be president.

There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.

The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.

And frankly, I don’t understand – I mean, I’m obviously a card-carrying Democrat – but I can’t understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

My momma didn’t clean up floors so I could be a thug… so I could wear my pants down.

I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.

The price of greatness is responsibility.

We did not choose to be the guardians of the gate, but there is no one else.

Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.

The people will save their government, if the government itself will allow them.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

I’m substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They’re sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they’re hitting back and forth.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material, we hold, it is ordinarily incumbent on the state to set the record straight.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

Democracy is a daring concept – a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.

In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?