Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

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.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

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

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

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.

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

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I’m against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.

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

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting ‚the rich‘ to pay ‚their fair share‘ is part of a big charade. This is not about economics, it is about politics.

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove – disapprove of their point of view.

I think Hillary Clinton is a phenomenal woman, and I’ve gotten to know her, and I think she’s made some pretty major contributions over the course of her life.

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

In our age there is no such thing as ‚keeping out of politics.‘ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

Everything isn’t political.

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

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!

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

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

You can’t be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who’s for you and who’s against you.

There’s only one person in this race who will be there, who’s always been there for you, and that’s Hillary Clinton’s life story.

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

We are all the President’s men.

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

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

I do have a political agenda. It’s to have as few regulations as possible.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

If I studied all my life, I couldn’t think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress.

For the record, our democracy is revered around the world. And free elections are the best way on Earth to choose our leaders. This is how we elected John F. Kennedy; Ronald Reagan; two George Bushes; Bill Clinton; and Barack Obama. It has worked for decades.

Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!

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

It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics.

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

I can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman – not me, not Bill, nobody – more qualified than Hillary Clinton to serve as president of the United States of America.

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.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

I can’t go out with a Republican.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.

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.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

By 1960, the South Africans knew that they were becoming a pariah state.

I pay attention to politics and technology.

There is no such thing as a lovers‘ oath.

I think, in politics, half the people are gonna like you, and half the people are not gonna like you, no matter what you do or what you say… It’s like there are no right answers. If there were, everyone would choose the right answers. They’re all opinions.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.