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

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we’re hardwired not to always think clearly when we’re scared. And the country’s scared.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

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.

There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town.

Politics have no relation to morals.

Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding.

The other day the President said, I know you’ve had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

History isn’t just the story of bad people doing bad things. It’s quite as much a story of people trying to do good things. But somehow, something goes wrong.

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.

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

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.

We can, for example, be fairly confident that either there will be a world without war or there won’t be a world – at least, a world inhabited by creatures other than bacteria and beetles, with some scattering of others.

Man was made at the end of the week’s work, when God was tired.

I vote and I do jury duty.

It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I’m a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can’t be too small to suit me.

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

I’ve used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I’ve still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

We are all alike, on the inside.

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning.

There is too much government today. We’ve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.

I kept a very full diary of my relationship with Nixon, for some strange reason, until he became president.

People say maybe we have a soul and chimpanzees don’t. I feel that it’s quite possible that if we have souls, chimpanzees have souls as well.

There’s no way now for you to get a Democratic or Republican nomination without being able to raise $200 or $300 million or more. I would not be inclined to do that, and I would not be capable of doing it.

I’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

The progress of India is the destiny of one-sixth of humanity. And it will also mean a world more confident of its prosperity and more secure about its future.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts… to my surprise… almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.

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.

How can we help President Obama?

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

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.

We have to do more than just elect a new President if we truly want to change this country.

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.

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

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

There is obviously a gap between the public’s perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite’s perception.

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: ‚President Can’t Swim.‘

Half a truth is better than no politics.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.

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.

It’s no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

I think that both parties should declare the debt limit as a political weapon of mass destruction which can’t be used. I mean, it is silly to have a country that has 237 years building up its reputation and then have people threaten to tear it down because they’re not getting some other matter.

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.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

Trump has no sense of shame.

Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?

The key is to vote because we need a vote to put the people in power that we want to represent us.

A president has an inescapable responsibility to provide direction: What are we trying to achieve? What are we trying to prevent? Why? To do that, he has to both analyze and reflect.

The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.

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

Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

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

I am for people. I can’t help it.