Politics, according to the Social Doctrine of the Church, is one of the highest forms of charity, because it serves the common good. I cannot wash my hands, eh? We all have to give something!

Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame.

I haven’t been very active in politics.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.

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

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course.

I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you’re covered and there’s not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

It is my responsibility that I must make demonstrative efforts to reach out to every citizen of the country.

I don’t really regard myself as a political figure.

Each generation doubtless feels called upon to reform the world. Mine knows that it will not reform it, but its task is perhaps even greater. It consists in preventing the world from destroying itself.

Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future.

I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else’s, to raise my kids. But we have to ask ourselves, what does it mean when so many parents are finding their best efforts undermined by an avalanche of advertisements aimed at our kids.

We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making.

Many people, including some conservatives, have been very impressed with how brainy the president and his advisers are. But that is not quite as reassuring as it might seem.

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

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.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

I would feel no hesitation in saying that it is the responsibility of a decent human being to give assistance to a child who is being attacked by a rabid dog, but I would not intend this to imply that in all imaginable circumstances one must, necessarily, act in accordance with this general responsibility.

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.

What I’m asking for is hard. It’s easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn’t possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don’t matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

The presidency has made every man who occupied it, no matter how small, bigger than he was; and no matter how big, not big enough for its demands.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.

For a sitting U.S. president to see our allies as freeloaders is nuts.

Of course we all know Biden is the intellect of the Democratic Party. Kind of a grin with a body behind it.

Being president isn’t anything like reality TV. It’s not about sending insulting tweets or making fiery speeches; it’s about whether or not the candidate can handle the awesome responsibility of leading this country.

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.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

You’ve got to vote, vote, vote, vote. That’s it; that’s the way we move forward. That’s how we make progress for ourselves and for our country.

I just didn’t want to get out there anymore; I didn’t want to get back into what I call ‚the swamp.‘ And the other reason why is I don’t think it’s good for the presidency for a former president to be opining about his successor. President Obama’s got plenty of critics – and I’m just not gonna be one.

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.

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

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

I think America has always been polarized.

Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.

What’s important for my daughter to know is that… if you are fortunate to have opportunity, it is your duty to make sure other people have those opportunities as well.

A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

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

How should a man be capable of grooming his own horse, or of furbishing his own spear and helmet, if he allows himself to become unaccustomed to tending even his own person, which is his most treasured belonging?

The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

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.

I don’t write policy for my government.

Those who commit injustice bear the greatest burden.

Most emissions aren’t caused by individuals, they’re caused by corporations and states.

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.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.

I don’t follow politics much.