I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

No one saw the recession coming.

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.

I like policy. It’s why I decided to enter government. The other thing I like about government – you have good days, you have bad days, but you never have a boring day, and that’s important to me.

Israel is a pretty crazy state.

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

Japan is an important ally of ours. Japan and the United States of the Western industrialized capacity, 60 percent of the GNP, two countries. That’s a statement in and of itself.

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

Are we a nation that educates the world’s best and brightest in our universities, only to send them home to create businesses in countries that compete against us? Or are we a nation that encourages them to stay and create jobs, businesses, and industries right here in America?

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

When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

History shows that, more often than not, loss of sovereignty leads to liberalisation imposed in the interests of the powerful.

Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.

People make a big fuss over you when you’re President. But I’m very serious about doing everything I can to make sure that it doesn’t go to my head.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

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

I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.

A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I’m against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

There’s no such thing as going to a soapbox and saying, ‚The government’s corrupt,‘ and not having the intelligence service see your face. In the digital world, that can be done.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

I’ve analyzed the best I can… and I have not found an impeachable offense, and therefore resignation is not an acceptable course.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

Read my lips: no new taxes.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

We Conservatives hate unemployment.

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

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

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

I don’t really regard myself as a political figure.

Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.

The worst government is often the most moral. One composed of cynics is often very tolerant and humane. But when fanatics are on top there is no limit to oppression.

We need to reject any politics that targets people because of race or religion. This isn’t a matter of political correctness. It’s a matter of understanding what makes us strong. The world respects us not just for our arsenal; it respects us for our diversity and our openness and the way we respect every faith.

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.

I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

I was an Eisenhower Republican when I started out at 21 because he promised to get us out of the Korean War.

The fundamental question I believe is, ‚Is political Islam in our best interest?‘ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

People were asleep, but I think they’re waking up now. Trump has given everybody a good kick, and people are waking up and realizing they’ve got to get involved.

I love big business!

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

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

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

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.

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