And frankly, I don’t understand – I mean, I’m obviously a card-carrying Democrat – but I can’t understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

No body can be healthful without exercise, neither natural body nor politic, and certainly, to a kingdom or estate, a just and honourable war is the true exercise.

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.

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

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

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

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.

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That’s just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.

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

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don’t know how to read, you don’t know how to decide. That’s the great thing about our country – we’re a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

Yup, the whole birther movement was racist.

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

When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were – to the very last minute – a chance to lose it. This is battle, this is politics, this is anything.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn’t.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.

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.

There is a group of people that I think in good faith honestly believe that further curtailing our Second Amendment rights will enhance public safety. But there’s another group that just hates the Second Amendment.

If people continue to feel like Democrats are looking after poor folks and Republicans are looking after rich folks and nobody is looking after me, then we don’t get a lot of stuff done. And the trend lines evidence the fact that folks have gotten squeezed. And obviously, 2007, 2008 really ripped open for people how vulnerable they were.

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

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office.

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?

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

It was the Congress that imposed ‚Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,‘ it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.

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.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

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.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

I think it’s important to vote.

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.

Finality is not the language of politics.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

I would remind you the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist.

The battle for women’s rights has been largely won.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

America is just downright mean.

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

I supported Donald Trump.

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

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.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

The last thing I wanted to do was to be a wartime President.

Remember that before ‚Roe v. Wade‘ was decided, there were four states that allowed abortion in the first trimester if that’s what the woman sought: New York, Hawaii, California, Alaska. Other states were shifting. And people were fighting over this issue in state legislatures.

Richard Nixon was an evil man – evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.