Facts are not liberals‘ strong suit. Rhetoric is.

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

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

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

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

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

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

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

You can’t be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who’s for you and who’s against you.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

I think, under President Obama, who was a really bright guy – I didn’t agree with a lot of his politics – but we got to the point internationally where our friends didn’t trust us. They were confused. And our enemies didn’t quite respect us.

Politics is the art of controlling your environment.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

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

‚Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age‘ was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant’s thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I’m a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

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.

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

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‚Gee, isn’t that wonderful?‘

There is too much government today. We’ve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory… And why not? Victory is good for you, and don’t let anybody tell you different.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

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.

If I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.

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.

Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity.

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

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

I don’t follow politics much.

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.

Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?

Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

Facts are stubborn things.

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

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

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

Mitt Romney subscribes to the cynical logic that says the American dream belongs to some of us but not all of us.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.