On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.

Well, no one gives aid to Zimbabwe through the Mugabe government.

So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.

You know, one of the things I think you understand as president is you’re held responsible for everything, but you don’t always have control of everything, right?

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

One’s only rival is one’s own potentialities. One’s only failure is failing to live up to one’s own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.

It is an unfortunate human failing that a full pocketbook often groans more loudly than an empty stomach.

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

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

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

Man is not free unless government is limited.

In a democracy, in a functioning democracy, what would be happening is that popular organizations, unions, political groupings, others would be developing their programs, putting them forth, insisting that their representatives implement those programs.

Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we’re going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

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

A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.

Doing nothing while the middle class is hurting. That’s not leadership. Loose regulations and lax enforcement. That’s not leadership. That’s abandoning our middle class.

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

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 can’t imagine what this place would be – I can’t imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president.

Self-government can succeed only through an instructed electorate.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

There’s no political point worth my son’s life.

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

I just want to do God’s will. And he’s allowed me to go to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the promised land! I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land.

If you are a parent, you have probably already realized that your children are always watching what you do. And just as children watch their parents and emulate their behavior, so do employees who are watching their bosses.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

Politics is the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

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

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.

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

I try to speak plainly so that my constituents who don’t follow the nuances of government like I do, because they’re too busy earning a real living, can understand the issues before me. None of this stuff is brain surgery.

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

We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, ‚We, the people.‘

The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.

I’m not a reality-TV kind of guy. But it’s almost like we’re living in a reality show. Every day in this country, everybody keeps worrying about the deterioration of America, and it’s like a big reality show.

No man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.

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.

Concentration of executive power, unless it’s very temporary and for specific circumstances, let’s say fighting world war two, it’s an assault on democracy.

I have not endorsed Trump and will not do so.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions.

You cannot mix sports with politics.

If you’re a quarterback, you want everything on your shoulders. You want to be the one to make the decisions.

My son Emilio is running for Congress to continue the fight for social justice.

I don’t like politicians, and I don’t like politics. I definitely don’t want to be associated with any of them.

When you’re around the kids, you feel like you act the most grown up just because you’re supposed to lead. I say things, like every other parent, that reminds you of your own parents. One thing I do know about being a parent, you understand why your father was in a bad mood a lot.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

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

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

If you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.

In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.

Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.

There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.

Our friends at the Republican convention were more than happy to talk about everything they think is wrong with America, but they didn’t have much to say about how they’d make it right. They want your vote, but they don’t want you to know their plan.