I am such a political person.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

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

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

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

One of the problems of organizing in the North, in the rich countries, is that people tend to think – even the activists – that instant gratification is required. You constantly hear: ‚Look I went to a demonstration, and we didn’t stop the war so what’s the use of doing it again?‘

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character.

We are all the President’s men.

I think America has always been polarized.

I have been asked what would I ban immediately if I could. Advertising.

I perhaps ought to say that individually I never was much interested in the Texas question. I never could see much good to come of annexation, inasmuch as they were already a free republican people on our own model.

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

The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out… without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.

Which government is the best? The one that teaches us to govern ourselves.

I have been ever of opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.

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.

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

The U.S. immigration laws are bad – really, really bad. I’d say treatment of immigrants is one of the greatest injustices done in our government’s name.

It’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that there are people who can’t or won’t see what Black Lives Matter is trying to accomplish.

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

I believe in universal health care. And I am not afraid to say so.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing – after they’ve tried everything else.

When ‚Paul’s Boutique‘ came out, I was one of the fans that didn’t get it.

People seem to know about May Day everywhere except where it began, here in the United States of America. That’s because those in power have done everything they can to erase its real meaning.

The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe with blood for centuries.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

I just don’t like mutual funds. I think they’re a rip-off.

Religion has the right to express its opinion in the service of the people, but God in creation has set us free: it is not possible to interfere spiritually in the life of a person.

Whenever a fellow tells me he’s bipartisan, I know he’s going to vote against me.

We reached a high point in my opinion with the passage of the civil rights legislation and Martin Luther King’s success and the crusade of others. I think we kind of breathed a sigh of relief as if we had achieved the end of racial discrimination or white supremacy.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

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

There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.

It’s nice to say let’s be bipartisan. But we’re a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

It is a way to take people’s wealth from them without having to openly raise taxes. Inflation is the most universal tax of all.

It’s always going to be a fight for anyone who isn’t an older white man. I want to fight for anyone who doesn’t have a fight.

The government argues that First Amendment rights are outweighed by the need to prosecute those who transmit classified information and documents.

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

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.

I have all the admiration in the world for somebody like Bono, who really puts himself on the line and tries actively to do something about our world situation.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

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.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

When I came to Delhi and noticed an insider view, I felt what it was, and I was surprised to see it. It seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government. It appeared that everyone has its own fiefdom.

If I studied all my life, I couldn’t think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Some of the most moving experiences I’ve had are just in black churches in the South, during the Civil Rights Movement, where people were getting beaten, killed, really struggling for the most elementary rights.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

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

I’m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we’ve had in a couple of hundred years.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

Some say our national pastime is baseball. Not me. It’s gossip.

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.

Every time I hear a politician mention the word ‚stimulus,‘ my mind flashes back to high school biology class, when I touched battery wires to a dead frog to make it twitch.