I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

History reminds us that dictators and despots arise during times of severe economic crisis.

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

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.

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

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

So long as I’m Commander-in-Chief, we will sustain the strongest military the world has ever known. When you take off the uniform, we will serve you as well as you’ve served us – because no one who fights for this country should have to fight for a job, or a roof over their head, or the care that they need when they come home.

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.

Part of me feels you can’t say you were truly in love if it didn’t last. If I end up getting married and having kids, that’s when I’ll know it’s real – because it lasted.

I believe we can continue the Great Society while we fight in Vietnam.

The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

At times, I’ve referred to Christ’s miracles, and have said, ‚Well, Christ multiplied the fish and the loaves to feed the people. That is precisely what we want to do with the Revolution and socialism.‘

Never at any point did I feel like missing a training session. I was very keen on improving as a cricketer and as an international player.

It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I’m a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can’t be too small to suit me.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

I don’t like to commit myself about heaven and hell – you see, I have friends in both places.

Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

Consider the fellow. He never spends his time telling you about his previous night’s date. You get the idea he has eyes only for you and wouldn’t think of looking at another woman.

Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

I will never retire unless I have to.

The ideas associated with the problems of the development of science, as far as I can see by looking around me, are not of the kind that everyone appreciates.

No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

Commit yourself to a mighty purpose.

Ideas have a short shelf life. You must act on them before the expiration date.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Social Security’s not the hard one to solve. Medicare, that is the gorilla in the room, and you’ve got to put all of it on the table.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

What really turns me on about technology is not just the ability to get more songs on MP3 players. The revolution – this revolution – is much bigger than that. I hope, I believe. What turns me on about the digital age, what excites me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing.

Whatever I have tried to do in life, I have tried with all my heart to do it well; whatever I have devoted myself to, I have devoted myself completely; in great aims and in small I have always thoroughly been in earnest.

I think America has always been polarized.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

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

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

There were the questions of what kind of First Lady I would be, what issues would I focus on. Those were the questions that were being pounded on me through the campaign. A lot of times, I wondered what in the world Barack was even getting us into.

I think governments can’t do much.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

All impeachments, I guess, are political.

I don’t want to wake up and be bored. That’s probably my greatest fear is to have nothing to do. What better job is there than to play quarterback for an NFL team, and certainly one that I’ve been on for a long time and had success with? I don’t plan on giving it up any time soon.

Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

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

If you check your ego at the door when it comes to comedy, you’ve got a pretty good shot at making a great movie that you can commit yourself to, you can jump off the proverbial cliff with, and have a great time, and the audiences respond to that.

We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

If I get married, I want to be very married.

When Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his years in office, he was not particularly popular. He was more or less average. He severely harmed the American economy.

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.

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

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.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

I’m going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I’m able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.

I would remind you the lesser of two socialists is still a socialist.

The U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

Everything isn’t political.