A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.

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

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But if I would’ve voted, I would’ve voted for Trump.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.

The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President.

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

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.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

In our age there is no such thing as ‚keeping out of politics.‘ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can’t just pop off or lash out irrationally.

What we all want is public safety. We don’t want rhetoric that’s framed through ideology.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love. It is impossible to think of a genuine revolutionary lacking this quality.

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

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.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

Democracy passes into despotism.

I noticed words crudely spray-painted upon the wall, perhaps by a young Berliner: ‚This wall will fall. Beliefs become reality.‘ Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall. For it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.

Poland should be strong and prosperous and independent and play its proper role as a great nation in the heart of Europe.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

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

You’ve got to watch the politics of AIDS. The politics of AIDS can work both for and against the victims of AIDS.

We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

I don’t see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.

It’s plain hokum. If you can’t convince ‚em, confuse ‚em. It’s an old political trick. But this time it won’t work.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

Well, when you come down to it, I don’t see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

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

I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

I will continue to believe that Israel’s security is paramount.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

Even if the politics needed doesn’t exist today, we still need to use our voices to make sure that the people in power are focused on the right things. Because this is a democracy, and in a democracy, people are the ones who run the country.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.

Everything isn’t political.

All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.

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.

I’m not a conservative of any kind.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.

A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it.

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions.

For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our leaders. This is how we elected John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; two George Bushes; Bill Clinton; and Barack Obama. It has worked for decades.