Politics and the pulpit are terms that have little agreement.

I love argument, I love debate. I don’t expect anyone just to sit there and agree with me, that’s not their job.

Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country’s energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.

The time has come for us to draw the line. The time has come for the responsible leaders of both political parties to take a stand against overgrown Government and for the American taxpayer.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.

A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

‚Love Story‘ is actually about a guy that I almost dated. But when I introduced him to my family and my friends, they all said they didn’t like him. All of them!

Those convinced against their will are of the same opinion still.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

Religion is not going to come up with any new arguments.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

I sincerely believe… that banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.

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

Anywhere in Latin America there is a potential threat of the pathology of caudillismo and it has to be guarded against.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don’t always agree with them.

If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.

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.

I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

I don’t watch it, but I know enough to comment on it.

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

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

Republicans have been accused of abandoning the poor. It’s the other way around. They never vote for us.

And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.

‚Obama and Biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars.‘ Guess what? Yes, we do in one regard: We want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn’t have to bear the burden of all that money going to the super-wealthy. That’s not a tax raise. That’s called fairness where I come from.

Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told if they continue to sink into the mud of obscenity, they will proceed alone.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors… I mean it.

Criticism is prejudice made plausible.

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

Socialism is the same as Communism, only better English.

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

We need an adult in the White House. When making life-or-death, war-or-peace decisions, a president can’t just pop off or lash out irrationally.

My wife told me if there is any rumors about me, it better be about politics and not about my social life.

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‚Gee, isn’t that wonderful?‘

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.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

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

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

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

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

I was a little worried that young people would think the only game was being political and manipulative when really the bigger game is being so good at what you do that nobody can argue with your results.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

There will be no whitewash in the White House.

Kathleen Wynne and her band of radical-left cronies think they have a handle on what constitutes human identity and also what should constitute human morality. And I think that that’s being pushed in a manner in schools that’s completely reprehensible. It’s not education, in my estimation. It’s a form of indoctrination.

If you’re in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what’s going on around you.

A bureaucrat is a Democrat who holds some office that a Republican wants.

Democracy is worth dying for, because it’s the most deeply honorable form of government ever devised by man.

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

I will not run for president. No, nope, not going to do it.

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.