Romney and Ryan would do a much better job running the country, and that’s what everybody needs to know.

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African American.

Fidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.

And frankly, I don’t understand – I mean, I’m obviously a card-carrying Democrat – but I can’t understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

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

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members of parliament.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

I’m not a big politics guy.

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

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

There’s a lot of fuss on the Left about election irregularities, like, you know, the voting machines were tampered with, they didn’t count the votes right, and so on. That’s all accurate and of some importance, but of far more importance is the fact that elections just don’t take place, not in any meaningful sense of the term ‚election.‘

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?

You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.

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.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

I don’t need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

If you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it – young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous – is changed by it.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.

There might be some serious fun in politics.

Sometimes we be playing the politics too much and forget who we are just to win.

Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers.

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

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

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.

The fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for Ted Kennedy’s deliberately blocking the legislation that I proposed in 1978 or ’79.

Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

I’ve seen firsthand that being president doesn’t change who you are. It reveals who you are.

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people’s trust in their government.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

I’m the only president you’ve got.

We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.

If I made a commitment, I stood by that commitment – and try to make it real. Because when you become leaders, the most important thing you have is your word, your trust. That’s where respect comes from.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as ‚evil.‘ Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism.

Whenever a fellow tells me he’s bipartisan, I know he’s going to vote against me.

Regimes planted by bayonets do not take root.

I did my utmost to ensure that everyone below me in the chain of command felt comfortable approaching me with concerns, ideas, thoughts, and even disagreements.

Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.

The best leaders are readers of people. They have the intuitive ability to understand others by discerning how they feel and recognizing what they sense.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

No foreign policy – no matter how ingenious – has any chance of success if it is born in the minds of a few and carried in the hearts of none.

Democracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else.

I believe in Coach Louis Wong. He is so much more than just a football coach.

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

I just figured out that if I gave my all into this game – if I put everything into the fight business – then I would eventually run the fight business.

Back in the day, what motivated me was overcoming myself. Now I believe in being a leader. I’ve done it all – I’m good. Now, it’s about setting an example for others to follow. I can’t just talk it – I have to live it.

The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.

I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something else – I can give my heart and my devotion to these old islands and to all the peoples of our brotherhood of nations.