As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

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.

What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

If the machine of government is of such a nature that it requires you to be the agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.

When you stand for something, you’ve got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

People clinging to job security, savings, retirement plans, and other relics will be the ones financially-ravaged from 2010-2020, the most volatile world-changing decade in history.

An important priority for me is a business must get their own house in order. Be or become an agent of positive change in your own enterprise and adopt responsible practices to eliminate the risks that often lie at the root of inequality and poverty.

I go on working for the same reason that a hen goes on laying eggs.

I just was never into performing. It’s just hard work. It’s hard work.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.

There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

Our love, our gratitude, our admiration for our men and women in uniform, our veterans and their families – all of that is bigger than any one party or any one election.

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

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.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

I’m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we’ve had in a couple of hundred years.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn’t come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn’t resurging. It didn’t work out.

Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government.

Actors know, with me they aren’t going to be allowed to rehearse a scene for a couple of hours and then get away with doing 25 takes before we get it right. So they come with their full bag of tricks.

All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.

Not only our future economic soundness but the very soundness of our democratic institutions depends on the determination of our government to give employment to idle men.

I have a very strict gun control policy: if there’s a gun around, I want to be in control of it.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

It’s OK to have your eggs in one basket as long as you control what happens to that basket.

I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.

I think Hillary Clinton could do whatever she puts her mind to. I really do. She’s incredibly dedicated to public service, she is smart as a whip, and she’s effective.

Remember, weapons of mass destruction don’t mean missiles.

When you are laboring for others let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Financial freedom is available to those who learn about it and work for it.

We could definitely make a flying car – but that’s not the hard part. The hard part is, how do you make a flying car that’s super safe and quiet? Because if it’s a howler, you’re going to make people very unhappy.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it’s a major problem, that’s just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it.

Let not him who is houseless pull down the house of another, but let him work diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

Clothes if they are not well cut, you can kill nobody. A building poorly built can kill people. It’s a much more difficult work. I would not compare myself with that.

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

No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear. Actually, a government bureau is the nearest thing to eternal life we’ll ever see on this earth!

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

My doorman is more important to me than any head of any company. He keeps us safe.

The FBI should not be a political body.

We cannot be sure of having something to live for unless we are willing to die for it.

There are still many causes worth sacrificing for, so much history yet to be made.

Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable… Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice, suffering, and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.

Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.

We are all the President’s men.

Our work is never over.

If my films don’t show a profit, I know I’m doing something right.

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

It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

We must have government that builds stamina into communities and men. That makes men instead of mendicants.

Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn’t mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you realize.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.