No man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

You don’t lead by hitting people over the head – that’s assault, not leadership.

If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don’t know how to read, you don’t know how to decide. That’s the great thing about our country – we’re a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

Most members of Congress are politicians. They’re bores.

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.

Example is leadership.

We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times… and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen.

Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

The leaders come up from the volunteers that do the work, and it’s amazing because then they do these incredible things in their community that they never thought they had the power to make that happen.

I think whether you’re having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he’s a liar.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

Except for the title ‚father,‘ there is no title, including ‚vice president,‘ that I am more proud to wear than that of United States senator.

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

Work is of two kinds: first, altering the position of matter at or near the earth’s surface relative to other matter; second, telling other people to do so.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy – well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I’m President, I never will.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice, without constraint.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

I do think there should be some regulations on AI.

I’m personally a moderate and a registered independent, so I’m not strongly Democratic or strongly Republican.

Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don’t interfere as long as the policy you’ve decided upon is being carried out.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

The army teaches boys to think like men.

This young century will be liberty’s century.

Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

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!

The issues that cross a president’s desk are never easy. The easy questions don’t even get to the president.

Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country.

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.

Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs.

Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion.

Economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

We Americans… bear the ark of liberties of the world.

I’ve had some ‚riotous excursions of the human spirit‘ alongside the young Sailors and Marines, and it’s time to leave the stage to the young leaders who got their rank the old-fashioned way – they earned their stripes in combat.

Leadership is hard. It’s a skill. It’s a technique.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.

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.

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.

I’m no leader; I’m a little humble follower.

Look, when you’re the president, there’s all kinds of things said about us. I mean, it’s just the nature of the job.

I just think overall there’s not as many female ministers than there are male ministers.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

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.

The example that America knows how to govern itself is one of the compelling aspects of our national security.

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.