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.

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it’s because I’m Smart… But that is a lie: The real reason is because I’m an incurable Gambling addict.

Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the – he said in the first 100 days he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules – unchain Wall Street. They’re gonna put y’all back in chains.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

With Benghazi, I don’t see anyone saying, ‚Hey look, I am overall responsible for this and therefore, I take responsibility for what happened. It’s my fault.‘ I haven’t heard that yet. Meanwhile, the other side of the coin, the Osama bin Laden raid, it seems everyone made that decision, and that’s just unbelievable to me.

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

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

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

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn’t.

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.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

I claim that human mind or human society is not divided into watertight compartments called social, political and religious. All act and react upon one another.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can’t just pop off or lash out irrationally.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

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

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

I’m conservative, but I’m not a nut about it.

Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike.

Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

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.

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?‘

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

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

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‚Gee, isn’t that wonderful?‘

The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.

I don’t think I would run for president.

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 not a crook.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

The effort to try to present the Social Security program as if it’s a major problem, that’s just a hidden way of trying to undermine and destroy it.

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it’s been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.

It’s impossible, I think, however much I’d become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don’t think I’d ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.

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

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.