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.

I hate all politics. I don’t like either political party. One should not belong to them – one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

Some single mind must be master, else there will be no agreement in anything.

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

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

When Hillary served in the Senate, I saw her work day and night as a member of the Armed Services Committee – working with Republicans and Democrats to keep our military strong and protect our troops and their families.

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

The United States tyrannizes and pillages the globalized world with its political, economic, technological, and military might.

Every family should have the right to spend their money, after tax, as they wish, and not as the government dictates. Let us extend choice, extend the will to choose and the chance to choose.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is coordinating those who work with me and aiming their efforts at a certain goal.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

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

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.

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.

No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal.

I can’t really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

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‘.

To survive it is often necessary to fight and to fight you have to dirty yourself.

Through every victory and every setback, I’ve insisted that change is never easy and never quick; that we wouldn’t meet all of our challenges in one term, or one presidency, or even in one lifetime.

A good model of how to ‚work with the enemy‘ internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul as he confronts the Chinese government that invaded Tibet.

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

The colonel replied that he didn’t care how my men had got the job done. He was happy that it had been accomplished. He said that, obviously, no matter how much or how little I knew technically, I was able to get the best out of people I worked with.

One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

After a hard day of basic training, you could eat a rattlesnake.

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

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

Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public.

I’m going to try to unite all Americans.

I think that people are tired. They’re tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics.

Right after 9-11, as far as I know, one newspaper in the United States had the integrity to investigate opinion in the Muslim world: the ‚Wall Street Journal.‘

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven’t had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

The people who are doing the work are the moving force behind the Macintosh. My job is to create a space for them, to clear out the rest of the organization and keep it at bay.

I’ve made money, and I’ve been ripped off. I’ve had creative freedom, and I’ve been pressured to make hits. I have dealt with diva behavior from crazy musicians, and I have seen genius records by wonderful artists get completely ignored. I love music. I always will.

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making.

I’m not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player’s ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence… I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

There are people who are really good managers, people who can manage a big organization, and then there are people who are very analytic or focused on strategy. Those two types don’t usually tend to be in the same person. I would put myself much more in the latter camp.

Government does not create wealth. The major role for the government is to create an environment where people take risks to expand the job rate in the United States.

The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

When it comes to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another president. He didn’t care whether it was the easy thing to do politically – that’s not how he was raised – he cared that it was the right thing to do.

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don’t get wet you can keep.

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

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.

I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

I love that we can trust Barack to do what he says he’s going to do, even when it’s hard – especially when it’s hard.

Use power to help people. For we are given power not to advance our own purposes nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name. There is but one just use of power and it is to serve people.

One of the key qualities a leader must possess is the ability to detach from the chaos, mayhem, and emotions in a situation and make good, clear decisions based on what is actually happening.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

People invest in businesses that they believe have the leadership, mission and team to grow and operate profitably.

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

The United States has to move very fast to even stand still.

We live in ugly times.