I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Some years ago I became president of Columbia University and learned within 24 hours to be ready to speak at the drop of a hat, and I learned something more, the trustees were expected to be ready to speak at the passing of the hat.

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

Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She’s easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America.

I pay attention to politics and technology.

A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.

With tech companies, whoever’s the leader is always questioned, you know. They say, ‚Is this the end of them?‘ And – there’s more – more times people think that’s the case than it really is the case.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

I want a president with a record of public service, someone whose life’s work shows our children that we don’t chase fame and fortune for ourselves: we fight to give everyone a chance to succeed.

Cruel leaders are replaced only to have new leaders turn cruel.

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

Whoever won’t fight when the President calls him, deserves to be kicked back in his hole and kept there.

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

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.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

It sure is hell to be president.

It is better to lead from behind and to put others in front, especially when you celebrate victory when nice things occur. You take the front line when there is danger. Then people will appreciate your leadership.

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.

Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.

A leader who doesn’t hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate.

I don’t say very much I don’t really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

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.

If you ask the CEO of some major corporation what he does, he will say, in all honesty, that he is slaving 20 hours a day to provide his customers with the best goods or services he can and creating the best possible working conditions for his employees.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

The wicked leader is he who the people despise. The good leader is he who the people revere. The great leader is he who the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

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.

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

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

I was not a messiah, but an ordinary man who had become a leader because of extraordinary circumstances.

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

It’s easy being a humorist when you’ve got the whole government working for you.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America – there’s the United States of America.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

You cannot be in a position of power and destroy the life of another person.

If a leader doesn’t convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they’ll start to fall down and get depressed.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it… anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

The thing is, if you control the Senate meetings, you control the gavel. And the gavel is a very important instrument… an instrument of power. An instrument that establishes the agenda.

The time has come for all evangelists to practice full financial disclosure. The world is watching how we walk and how we talk. We must have the highest standards of morality, ethics and integrity if we are to continue to have influence.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.

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.

Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

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

But there are advantages to being elected President. The day after I was elected, I had my high school grades classified Top Secret.

The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.