Ninety-nine percent of the men and women of the FBI… are just professionals. I don’t want Americans, if an FBI agent knocks on their door, to have to be worried about well, is he a Democrat or a Republican? He’s an FBI agent.

We can’t have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

A Christian who does not pray for those who govern is not a good Christian.

I believe that a government has only one religion – India first. A government has only one holy book – our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion – towards nation.

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

If you will do what God tells you to do, there’s no person on Earth and no devil in Hell that can keep you from having what God wants you to have.

God has entrusted me with myself.

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.

I believe this government cannot endure permanently, half slave and half free.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Faith is a living, daring confidence in God’s grace, so sure and certain that a man could stake his life on it a thousand times.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.

The intention and outcome of vulnerability is trust, intimacy and connection. The outcome of oversharing is distrust, disconnection – and usually a little judgment.

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

How can we help President Obama?

Trust and value your own divinity as well as your connection to nature. Seeing God’s work everywhere will be your reward.

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

The liar’s punishment is not in the least that he is not believed, but that he cannot believe anyone else.

I read the NY Times but I don’t trust all of it.

Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case.

What is the one country in the Middle East that has not been attacked by ISIS? One. That is Iran. That is more than happenstance, I’m sure.

I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Many times, we miss out on God’s best because we give up too soon. We don’t realize how close we are to victory.

Every President wants to do right.

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They’ve got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.

Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.

Everything God tells us to do is for our good. Whether it’s direction you get in His Word or something He’s specifically put in your heart for your situation in life, the absolute best thing you can ever do is obey Him promptly and completely.

The momentum of freedom in our world is unmistakable – and it is not carried forward by our power alone. We can trust in that greater power Who guides the unfolding of the years. And in all that is to come, we can know that His purposes are just and true.

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one has done, in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity, the less they are mixed together.

The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.

Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.

Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.

Few friendships would survive if each one knew what his friend says of him behind his back.

All religions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibility to ensure their complete and total protection. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

I used to bodyguard for some celebrities and other people, and when I wasn’t doing that, I used to work at a disco as a doorman or a bouncer.

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

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.

Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don’t do that, we really deserve the world we get.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

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.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we’ve got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

When you go to your local police officer, your police chief in the town you live in, big or small, he will tell you the vast majority of the weapons recovered at a crime scene are either stolen weapons, and/or they have been ‚lost‘ or stolen.

Logically, harmony must come from the heart… Harmony very much based on trust. As soon as use force, creates fear. Fear and trust cannot go together.

Philanthropy should be taking much bigger risks that business. If these are easy problems, business and government can come in and solve them.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

I do have a political agenda. It’s to have as few regulations as possible.