Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The Trump phenomenon is in large part a reaction of Middle America to attacks on its values by intellectual and academic communities. There are other reasons, but this is a significant one.

There will be no end to the troubles of states, or of humanity itself, till philosophers become kings in this world, or till those we now call kings and rulers really and truly become philosophers, and political power and philosophy thus come into the same hands.

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.

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

There is obviously a gap between the public’s perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite’s perception.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

If I don’t run for president, we’ll all be OK.

My government is working for the common man. Our priority is the poor of the country. We want good governance through a dynamic and seamless government.

On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we will always be free.

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.

Everybody is a political person, whether you say something or you are silent. A political attitude is not whether you go to parliament; it’s how you deal with your life, with your surroundings.

The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.

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

Experience has shown how deeply the seeds of war are planted by economic rivalry and social injustice.

Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not know what religion is.

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.

I’ve rarely kept my distance from kind of – I don’t know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, ‚Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.‘

Remember, it is not about voting for the perfect candidate – there is no such thing. Presidents are human.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

I just didn’t want to get out there anymore; I didn’t want to get back into what I call ‚the swamp.‘ And the other reason why is I don’t think it’s good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama’s got plenty of critics – and I’m just not gonna be one.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

As a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, I know that the men and women of our intelligence community put their lives on the line every day, and they do very dangerous work to keep our country safe.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

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.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

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.

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.

Only Americans can hurt America.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.

So far as I am concerned, I could not be accused of having set eyes, or having wished to set eyes, upon Darius‘ wife: on the contrary, I have refused even to listen to those who spoke to me of her beauty.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

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.

My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

These are not dark days: these are great days – the greatest days our country has ever lived.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else’s religion, but he’ll accept his gold.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

You want to know whether we’re better off? I’ve got a little bumper sticker for you: Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive. Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive! Osama bin Laden is dead and General Motors is alive!

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

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

We Conservatives hate unemployment.

Democracy is a daring concept – a hope that we’ll be best governed if all of us participate in the act of government. It is meant to be a conversation, a place where the intelligence and local knowledge of the electorate sums together to arrive at actions that reflect the participation of the largest possible number of people.

I’m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we’ve had in a couple of hundred years.

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.