Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

I know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.

For all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.

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

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.

The end of man is action, and not thought, though it be of the noblest.

And I think it’s that time. And I think if you just step aside and Mr. Romney can kind of take over. You can maybe still use a plane. Though maybe a smaller one. Not that big gas guzzler you are going around to colleges and talking about student loans and stuff like that.

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.

I know black people love the idea that we finally have a beautiful, good-looking black president. But if he is doing awful things to us, we should wake up.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.

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

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Politically, the world is so confused right now – there’s so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

You think the world was shocked when Nixon resigned? Wait till I whup George Foreman’s behind.

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

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

To govern means to pillage, as everyone knows.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

It is a fine game to play – the game of politics – and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

People were asleep, but I think they’re waking up now. Trump has given everybody a good kick, and people are waking up and realizing they’ve got to get involved.

A faction willing to take the risks of making war on the ossified status quo in the Middle East can be described as many things, but not as conservative.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.

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.‘

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Empire and liberty.

Obama has succeeded in descending even below George W. Bush in approval in the Arab world. It’s minuscule, few percent.

Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the – he said in the first 100 days he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules – unchain Wall Street. They’re gonna put y’all back in chains.

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.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.

The U.S.S.R. had absolutely nothing to do with the triumph of the Cuban Revolution.

Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else’s religion, but he’ll accept his gold.

The noblest search is the search for excellence.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America – there’s the United States of America.

I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable, and some of them are really smart. I have a very optimistic view of individuals.

America is just downright mean.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

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

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

I am opposed to the accumulation of executive power anywhere.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it’s being run by idiots.

If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

I neither will aspire to nor will I accept, the position of president of the council of state and commander in chief.

Rude people will now & then ask me why I think I know so much about Politics. I tell them it’s because I’m Smart… But that is a lie: The real reason is because I’m an incurable Gambling addict.

Let me even say before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be having meetings all across the country with community organizations so that you have input into the agenda for the next presidency of the United States of America.

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.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

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!

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

You cannot mix sports with politics.

A lot of people are realizing they had the wool pulled over their eyes by Obama.

It isn’t generally the case that liberals dominate entire hierarchies. That isn’t generally how it works, because the hierarchies are usually set up so that conservatives fill up the hierarchies; it’s in the nature of hierarchy.

Politics have no relation to morals.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.