Obama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

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

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

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!

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook. I earned everything I’ve got.

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

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.

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.

I am not made for politics because I am incapable of wanting or accepting the death of the adversary.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

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

I think America has always been polarized.

Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I’m very grateful for the support and kindness that we’ve gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband’s policies or what have you, they care about children and that’s been good to see.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

I know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.

I had just as much support from Republicans as I did Democrats when I ran for president. But I should have organized the Democratic Party to get me re-elected.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

All conservatism is based upon the idea that if you leave things alone you leave them as they are. But you do not. If you leave a thing alone you leave it to a torrent of change.

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

Half a truth is better than no politics.

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.

I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.

There is but one way for a president to deal with Congress, and that is continuously, incessantly, and without interruption. If it is really going to work, the relationship has got to be almost incestuous.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.

I am certainly not politically affiliated with Mr. Obama.

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.

I don’t even know what the issues are. I haven’t paid attention to politics in a long time. It’s actually not something that I really even enjoy. It’s way off my radar.

Obama, of course, outspent McCain.

In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

Man is not free unless government is limited.

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

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

I always tell people that religious institutions and political institutions should be separate. So while I’m telling people this, I myself continue with them combined. Hypocrisy!

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.

Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.

We have the best government that money can buy.

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President.

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

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