I believed what my father taught me about the separation of church and state, so when I was President I never invited Billy Graham to have services in the White House because I didn’t think that was appropriate. He was injured a little bit, until I explained it to him.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

The marvel of the Bhagavad-Gita is its truly beautiful revelation of life’s wisdom which enables philosophy to blossom into religion.

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.

I am a Christian, and the Bible teaches me to forgive.

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

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

I don’t follow politics much.

Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

The events of October 1962 are widely hailed as Kennedy’s finest hour.

If I hadn’t been President of the United States, I probably would have ended up a piano player in a bawdy house.

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial.

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.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

You know I vowed when I became President not to talk about the loneliest toughest job in the world and I didn’t.

I do have a political agenda. It’s to have as few regulations as possible.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we’ve got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges is not Christian. This is not in the Gospel.

I am a deeply religious nonbeliever – this is a somewhat new kind of religion.

I don’t think there’s anyone who would say they don’t want or need more of God’s power in their life.

A President’s hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.

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

I don’t write policy for my government.

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

Politics is applesauce.

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.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

I did once seriously think of embracing the Christian faith. The gentle figure of Christ, so full of forgiveness that he taught his followers not to retaliate when abused or struck, but to turn the other cheek – I thought it was a beautiful example of the perfect man.

The gods‘ service is tolerable, man’s intolerable.

There’s only one person in this race who will be there, who’s always been there for you, and that’s Hillary Clinton’s life story.

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

To the man who reads ‚Scouting for Boys‘ superficially, there is a disappointing lack of religion in the book. But to him who tries it in practice, the basic religion underlying it soon becomes apparent.

It is the duty of the President to propose and it is the privilege of the Congress to dispose.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

There’s always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There’s an underestimation of your opponent and an overestimation of your own abilities. This is compatible with being rich and powerful, the idea that we were blessed by God because we deserve to be blessed.

Obama’s not Jesus. He can’t walk on water.

Too many Christians live their lives like slaves – to the devil – because they believe his lies more than they trust God.

Whoever seeks to set one religion against another seeks to destroy all religion.

At the end of the day, when it comes time to make that decision, as president, all you have to guide you are your values, and your vision, and the life experiences that make you who you are.

There is only one religion, though there are a hundred versions of it.

I think my message to the politicians who have within their power the ability to make change is, ‚Do you really, really not care about the future of your great-grandchildren? Because if we let the world continue to be destroyed the way we are now, what’s the world going to be like for your great-grandchildren?‘

God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him. Yet his shadow still looms. How shall we comfort ourselves, the murderers of all murderers? What was holiest and mightiest of all that the world has yet owned has bled to death under our knives; who will wipe this blood off us? What water is there for us to clean ourselves?

No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

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.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I’m a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.

I know that campaigns can seem small, and even silly. Trivial things become big distractions. Serious issues become sound bites. And the truth gets buried under an avalanche of money and advertising. If you’re sick of hearing me approve this message, believe me – so am I.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

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

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

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.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

Neither of my parents went to church, but they did everything that you needed to do to be Christian. That’s something a Quaker would call an intimation of the divine.

Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!

I am a Catholic.