I loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

I am mindful not only of preserving executive powers for myself, but for predecessors as well.

Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

Leaders who fail to prune their pride will meet demise. That’s not a guess, it’s a guarantee. With pride, it’s not a matter of ‚if‘ we will fall, but ‚when.‘ There are no exceptions.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.

There’s no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, ‚The government’s corrupt,‘ and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

With tech companies, whoever’s the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, ‚Is this the end of them?‘ And – there’s more – more times people think that’s the case than it really is the case.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it’s been tested by recession and all manner of challenges – I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

As a leader, the first person I need to lead is me. The first person that I should try to change is me.

We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly.

Nationalism has a way of oppressing others.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

You want me to own a team and deal with these rich, spoiled stubborn athletes, and try to get them to perform? No thank you.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

‚Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.‘ Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn’t have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That’s not a tax raise. That’s called fairness where I come from.

A piece of spaghetti or a military unit can only be led from the front end.

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.

This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or exercise their revolutionary right to overthrow it.

I would rather have peace in the world than be President.

I’ve never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

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.

As commanders and staff officers, we are coaches and sentries for our units: how can we coach anything if we don’t know a hell of a lot more than just the TTPs?

Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

In other words, don’t expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say ‚we have a problem, let’s go and get it‘.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

My dear sisters, whatever your calling, whatever your circumstances, we need your impressions, your insights, and your inspiration. We need you to speak up and speak out in ward and stake councils.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

Tyrants seldom want pretexts.

I’ve been so blessed to play for the greatest coach at a time when our organization has done incredible things. I’ve played with the best teammates. Playing for Mr. Kraft and what his influence on the team has been.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy – well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I’m President, I never will.

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

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.

Washington isn’t a city, it’s an abstraction.

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.

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.

When Hillary was First Lady, we went to the Beijing Women’s Conference. She courageously stood up and spoke out on behalf of human rights and women’s rights, inspiring millions to fight for a better future.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

It is unnecessary to say that Fidel Castro possesses the high qualities of a fighter and statesman: our path, our struggle, and our triumph we owed to his vision.

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

This President is going to lead us out of this recovery.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he’s a liar.

I think America has always been polarized.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.

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