I know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

There are some members of the House leadership whose only mission in life is to demonize the president.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I’m against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.

We Conservatives hate unemployment.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

I really don’t like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they’re horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They’d better sort themselves out and become more womanly.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

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

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

It was the Congress that imposed ‚Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,‘ it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy’s deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or ’79.

Politicians love regulating. That’s part of the whole power structure.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.

In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

I don’t usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this ‚hopey changey stuff,‘ she was right: there was nothing there.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

I’m not in the loop; I don’t know any actors, really, just the ones I work with.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‚Present‘ or ‚Not guilty.‘

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

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

It sure is hell to be president.

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.

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.

The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn’t think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.

A reactionary is a somnambulist walking backwards.

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I’d be the chief minister.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

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

I am not part of the problem. I am a Republican.

There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

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

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

There is obviously a gap between the public’s perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite’s perception.

Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I’ve been around. He’s fresh, he’s new, he’s insightful.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

Social media is called social media for a reason. It lends itself to sharing rather than horn-tooting.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

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.