Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

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

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

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

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

I once told Nixon that the Presidency is like being a jackass caught in a hail storm. You’ve got to just stand there and take it.

I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

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

I cannot swallow whole the view of Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.

Government actually grew during the Reagan years.

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.

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.

In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.

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.

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.

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.

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

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

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

There is no just and serene criticism as yet.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

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

The difference is too nice – Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.

If you’re looking for the safe choice, you shouldn’t be supporting a black guy named Barack Obama to be the next leader of the free world.

I found this national debt, doubled, wrapped in a big bow waiting for me as I stepped into the Oval Office.

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking.

I have not written in vain if I have heretofore done anything towards diminishing the reputation of the Renaissance landscape painting.

You can’t get a contemporary story about what is going on inside government, and how society sees itself, on American TV.

Senator Kerry has been in Washington long enough to take both sides on just about every issue.

A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

I’ll be glad to reply to or dodge your questions, depending on what I think will help our election most.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

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.

We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.

Many things shall change in Cuba, but they shall change because of our efforts and despite the United States. Perhaps that empire shall crumble first.

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

Government’s first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

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

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Well, when you come down to it, I don’t see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

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

No one’s policing their own minds more than an author. You spend a lot of time in your own head analysing what you think about things, and a philosophy comes.

Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

Look at situations from all angles, and you will become more open.

There’s no doubt that usually a president’s public image is enhanced by going to war. That never did appeal to me.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

I am such a political person.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.

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!

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

Do you realize the responsibility I carry? I’m the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House.