Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

It is generally recognised that women are better than men at languages, personal relations and multi-tasking, but less good at map-reading and spatial awareness. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that women might be less good at mathematics and physics.

Personally, I’d like to see more of our leaders take a technocratic approach to solving our biggest problems.

What I admire most about Hillary is that she never buckles under pressure. She never takes the easy way out. And Hillary Clinton has never quit on anything in her life.

People and organizations don’t grow much without delegation and completed staff work because they are confined to the capacities of the boss and reflect both personal strengths and weaknesses.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

Prime time for men is, say, 35 to 45. Then they level off and fall off.

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.

You quickly find, when you are a hand-reader as I am, that nothing interests people so much as themselves.

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

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

The flesh, or human nature, is generally lazy and self-centered.

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

If we had more hell in the pulpit, we would have less hell in the pew.

Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

I can’t deny that the thought of being governor, the thought of being president, is alluring. And beyond that, it would be an opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives on a global scale. But there are a lot of other things I want to do first.

No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.

Innovation has nothing to do with how many R & D dollars you have. When Apple came up with the Mac, IBM was spending at least 100 times more on R & D. It’s not about money. It’s about the people you have, how you’re led, and how much you get it.

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

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

Earn your success based on service to others, not at the expense of others.

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.

It is a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.

Men don’t care what’s on TV. They only care what else is on TV.

A good leader doesn’t get stuck behind a desk.

It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob.

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

Since it is difficult to join them together, it is safer to be feared than to be loved when one of the two must be lacking.

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves, and I watch my daughters – two beautiful, intelligent black young women – playing with their dogs on the White House lawn. And because of Hillary Clinton, my daughters, and all our sons and daughters, now take for granted that a woman can be president of the United States.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is opposed to every instinct in my body. But as president I must put the interests of America first Therefore, I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another; but women are by nature enemies.

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.

People who add value to others do so intentionally. I say that because to add value, leaders must give of themselves, and that rarely occurs by accident.

Anywhere I go, there is always an incredible crowd that follows me. In Rome, as I land at the airport, even the men kiss me. I love Rome.

I have seen how leaders rule by intimidation. Leaders who demonize and dehumanize entire groups of people often do so because they have nothing else to offer. And I have seen how places that stifle the voices and dismiss the potential of their citizens are diminished: how they are less vital, less hopeful, less free.

Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

I try to lead by example, being conscious of others and being responsible.

Always do everything you ask of those you command.

When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.

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

People react to fear, not love; they don’t teach that in Sunday School, but it’s true.

A leader who confines his role to his people’s experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people’s experience runs the risk of not being understood.

Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans – born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.