I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

I have something in common with Nazis in that I am opposed to the radical Left. And when you oppose the radical Left, you end up being a part of a much larger group that includes Nazis in it.

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

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.

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.

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

You cannot mix sports with politics.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

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.

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

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

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

I don’t run restaurants that are out of control. We are about establishing phenomenal footholdings with talent.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting ‚the rich‘ to pay ‚their fair share‘ is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

When you’re one of the leaders of the team, there are no days off.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

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

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

I will keep America moving forward, always forward, for a better America, for an endless enduring dream and a thousand Points of Light. This is my mission, and I will complete it.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

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

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

It is unnecessary to say that Fidel Castro possesses the high qualities of a fighter and statesman: our path, our struggle, and our triumph we owed to his vision.

When you’re not engaged in the day-to-day struggles that everybody feels, you slowly start losing touch. And I think it’s important for the people in the White House to have a finger on the pulse.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

‚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.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

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

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

I want to be just a pure spiritual leader.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

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

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.

There’s no way now for you to get a Democratic or Republican nomination without being able to raise $200 or $300 million or more. I would not be inclined to do that, and I would not be capable of doing it.

Putin sought to destabilize Ukraine’s economy.

When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his years in office, he was not particularly popular. He was more or less average. He severely harmed the American economy.

Founding a company is hard. Most of it isn’t smooth. You’ll have to make very hard decisions. You have to fire a few people. Therefore, if you don’t believe in your mission, giving up is easy. The majority of founders give up. But the best founders don’t give up.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

There is a need for aloneness, which I don’t think most people realise for an actor. It’s almost having certain kinds of secrets for yourself that you’ll let the whole world in on only for a moment, when you’re acting. But everybody is always tugging at you. They’d all like sort of a chunk of you.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

I’m home a lot. Because I live in Ireland, we can live under the celebrity radar. I might go missing for a whole year.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

We should work with the principle that a work that can be done at a lower level should never be escalated to a higher level.

The temptation to take the easy road is always there. It is as easy as staying in bed in the morning and sleeping in. But discipline is paramount to ultimate success and victory for any leader and any team.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.