Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.

There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism.

A candidate is not going to suddenly change once they get into office. Just the opposite, in fact. Because the minute that individual takes that oath, they are under the hottest, harshest light there is. And there is no way to hide who they really are.

The more violent the storm, the quicker it passes.

I have something in common with Nazis in that I am opposed to the radical Left. And when you oppose the radical Left, you end up being a part of a much larger group that includes Nazis in it.

Remember, no one decides who they’re going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.

If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.

We inhabit a universe that is characterized by diversity.

All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.

If the battle for civilization comes down to the wimps versus the barbarians, the barbarians are going to win.

Americans are rising to the tasks of history, and they expect the same of us.

In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It is also a very free society.

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

I’m not a big politics guy.

If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.

The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one’s people that has not previously been taken into account.

There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the questions that were being pounded on me through the campaign. A lot of times, I wondered what in the world Barack was even getting us into.

Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‚Gee, isn’t that wonderful?‘

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Latinos are Republican. They just don’t know it yet.

We are so conformist; nobody is thinking. We are all sucking up stuff; we have been trained to be consumers, and we are all consuming far too much.

We’re a diverse society, and I think the TV is doing a great job in showing that we’re all human beings, that we can all get along, that we can all be together, and I think that’s a marvelous thing.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

It’s really easy to have a nice philosophy about openness, but moving the world in that direction is a different thing. It requires both understanding where you want to go and being pragmatic about getting there.

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

I consider anybody a twerp who hasn’t read ‚Democracy in America‘ by Alexis de Tocqueville. There can never be a better book than that one on the strengths and vulnerabilities inherent in our form of government.

In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

Personal success or personal satisfaction are not worth another thought if one does achieve them, or worth worrying about if they evade one or are slow in coming. All that is really worth while is action – faithful action, for the world, and in God.

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it’s been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.

The world has entered an era of the most profound and challenging change in human history.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

The most violent appetites in all creatures are lust and hunger; the first is a perpetual call upon them to propagate their kind, the latter to preserve themselves.

America is the greatest country in the world.

All impeachments, I guess, are political.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning occupations and my obligations to society.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

In America today, we are nearer a final triumph over poverty than is any other land.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

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

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

The absurd depends as much on man as on the world. For the moment, it is all that links them together.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy’s enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

There is so much that must be done in a civilized barbarism like war.

Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.

I have no doubt that Russia will and should remain a major source of energy supplies for Europe and the world.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.