Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity.

I like the app where you can make your own memes. I make memes all the time and send them to my friends.

The U.S. and its allies will do anything they can to prevent authentic democracy in the Arab world.

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.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

I’ve never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

The FBI should not be a political body.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I’d be the chief minister.

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich.

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

I have good friends who are politicians on both sides.

Putin goes to bed at night knowing he can break all the rules, and the West will follow all the rules.

The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.

Trump has no sense of shame.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It’s too controversial.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

I haven’t been very active in politics.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president… is morally treasonable to the American public.

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.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.

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

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

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

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.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

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

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

Before I started school striking I had no energy, no friends and I didn’t speak to anyone. I just sat alone at home, with an eating disorder. All of that is gone now, since I have found a meaning, in a world that sometimes seems shallow and meaningless to so many people.

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

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 loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

I don’t think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.

Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?

My family is very good about visiting me, and other friends as well.

Richard Nixon was an evil man – evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency.

I don’t envy or much respect people who are completely politicised.

In politics, as in religion, it is equally absurd to aim at making proselytes by fire and sword. Heresies in either can rarely be cured by persecution.

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

When you are president, being able to clearly articulate detailed plans to help the people of this country is a good thing. Knowing what you’re doing is a good thing. And let me tell you, Hillary Clinton absolutely knows what she’s doing.

It’s plain hokum. If you can’t convince ‚em, confuse ‚em. It’s an old political trick. But this time it won’t work.

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.

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.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

I wish I could make music about politics. I feel like it’s such an art and a talent that I admire tremendously, but when I step into the studio, I step out of the real world, and it’s therapeutic.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can’t be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they’re not getting some other matter.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

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