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

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.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

I don’t believe in signing anything and everything that comes my way. I leave it to my agency to help narrow them down for me, but I do research it myself before signing. The image of the brand and its ambassadors go hand in hand.

The buck stops here!

The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.

The die is cast.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?

As a country, we can’t teach kids how to read and write when we got 18 years to do it. And that’s – that’s a disgrace.

I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

In law a man is guilty when he violates the rights of others. In ethics he is guilty if he only thinks of doing so.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

I said on the equality side of it, that it is essential to a woman’s equality with man that she be the decision-maker, that her choice be controlling.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

It’s a question of whether we’re going to go forward into the future, or past to the back.

The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

Policy makers who have never served in the military continue to use the military to lead social change in this country.

Your emotions are very unstable and should never be the foundation for direction in your life.

We’ve persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people – a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it’s time to turn the page.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is.

If we could just find out who’s in charge, we could kill him.

Life is a matter of really tough choices.

Ezra was right half the time, and when he was wrong, he was so wrong you were never in any doubt about it.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

I think America has always been polarized.

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.

Obviously, I’m no fan of the radical left.

Do what you feel in your heart to be right- for you’ll be criticized anyway. You’ll be damned if you do, and damned if you don’t.

Man is fully responsible for his nature and his choices.

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

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.

A difference of opinion is what makes horse racing and missionaries.

I always have a basic plot outline, but I like to leave some things to be decided while I write.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

The real danger is not inaction. The real danger is when politicians and CEOs are making it look like action is happening when in fact nothing is being done.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

The Scoutmaster who is a hero to his boys holds a powerful lever to their development but at the same time brings a great responsibility on himself. They are quick enough to see the smallest characteristic about him, whether it be a virtue or a vice.

I don’t care whether you’re driving a hybrid or an SUV. If you’re headed for a cliff, you have to change direction. That’s what the American people called for in November, and that’s what we intend to deliver.

You must pursue this investigation of Watergate even if it leads to the president. I’m innocent. You’ve got to believe I’m innocent. If you don’t, take my job.

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

We don’t believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.

There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.

The spirit of America has nurtured responsibility and community unlike any other country.

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

Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.

Accountability breeds response-ability.

In too much of the West, everyone wants the guarantee of safety, and never having to make any decisions.

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor, is the simple, profound belief in opportunity for all – the notion that if you work hard and take responsibility, you can get ahead.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?