A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desired.

Democracy passes into despotism.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos.

The Catholic and the Communist are alike in assuming that an opponent cannot be both honest and intelligent.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.

I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.

Politics is applesauce.

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

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.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

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

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

You can’t get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

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.

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

I can’t imagine what this place would be – I can’t imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president.

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

Our faith is released as we say, pray and do the Word.

The only time my prayers are never answered is on the golf course.

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

I pay attention to politics and technology.

You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I’m taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

The label ‚liberal‘ or ‚conservative,‘ any – every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from ‚Iolanthe.‘ It goes, ‚Every gal and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.‘ What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

There are only two occasions when Americans respect privacy, especially in Presidents. Those are prayer and fishing.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

The fundamental question I believe is, ‚Is political Islam in our best interest?‘ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?

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

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

The elections are run by the same industries that sell toothpaste on television.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

For me every ruler is alien that defies public opinion.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

I don’t have freedom in the United States to go into a public school and preach the Gospel, nor is a student free in a public school to pray, or a teacher free to read the Bible publicly to the students. At the same time, we have a great degree of freedom for which I am grateful.

It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

I get up every morning and say, ‚Father, give me strength today, not strength so I can lift 500 pounds, but give me strength, Lord, so when I speak, my words might motivate, might inspire somebody, Lord, when they see me, let them see you. When they hear me, Lord, let them hear you. In your holy name I pray.‘

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

As president, I’m committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I don’t say very much I don’t really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.

‚Thank you‘ is the best prayer that anyone could say. I say that one a lot. Thank you expresses extreme gratitude, humility, understanding.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

God is speaking to us. But are we listening to Him? When our conscience begins to nudge us for whatever reason, we might have this low-level misery or uneasiness about whatever it is we’ve done or we’re about to do. At times like this, it’s wise to prayerfully consider whether we’re offending God with our actions.

I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help – and God’s.

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

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.