Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

There’s no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

As a soccer player, I wanted an FA Cup winner’s medal. As an actor you want an Oscar. As a chef it’s three-Michelin’s stars, there’s no greater than that. So pushing yourself to the extreme creates a lot of pressure and a lot of excitement, and more importantly, it shows on the plate.

Americans… still believe in an America where anything’s possible – they just don’t think their leaders do.

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

All modern revolutions have ended in a reinforcement of the power of the State.

I am a grafter.

The political object is the goal, war is the means of reaching it, and the means can never be considered in isolation from their purposes.

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

Working with our military community has been the biggest honor of my life.

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it’s been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

You’ve really got to start hitting the books because it’s no joke out here.

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

I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.

Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.

In order to become prosperous, a person must initially work very hard, so he or she has to sacrifice a lot of leisure time.

People say ‚I want to be rich‘. The question is, ‚Are you willing to do what it takes?‘

As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

Cleveland fans are awesome.

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!

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.

The joy of doing well as a batsman for your country is much more than that little joy of going for a party and enjoying music. It is a completely different high, and I get high by performances. That’s what I enjoy now.

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

I don’t think I would run for president.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

‚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.

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.

Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos.

If anyone remembers me, it’s about my hard work.

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.‘

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

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.

A new philosophy generally means in practice the praise of some old vice.

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire – this time under the Shia label.

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.

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.

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.

The Trump phenomenon is in large part a reaction of Middle America to attacks on its values by intellectual and academic communities. There are other reasons, but this is a significant one.

Politics has always been ugly to me, and yet I accept that as a fact of life.

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.

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.‘

I would say the most satisfying thing actually is watching my three children each pick up on their own interests and work many more hours per week than most people that have jobs at trying to intelligently give away that money in fields that they particularly care about.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

That government is best which governs least.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

If you think you can slander a woman into loving you, or a man into voting for you, try it till you are satisfied.

In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake.

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

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

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

Putin sought to destabilize Ukraine’s economy.

Wherever the enemy wants to fight, we will follow him to the ends of the Earth. We’ll adapt, we’ll train, we’ll advise, we’ll mentor, and we’ll fight, and we’ll fight well.

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I’ll probably… drop writing children’s books and become a political cartoonist again.

I’m just writing, writing, writing. I keep these tablets on me until I’m inspired to go back in and make the music. I never take a break from my pen, because I pride myself on that.

If you go on with this nuclear arms race, all you are going to do is make the rubble bounce.