Since I’m the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it’s understandable that people are saying, you know, ‚What have you done?‘

I’ll assure you this: I will have nothing to do with politics.

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

I don’t think President Trump is a racist.

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.‘

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.

The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

If the Soviet Union let another political party come into existence, they would still be a one-party state, because everybody would join the other party.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

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.

I’m going to be a vice president very much like George Bush was. He proved to be a very effective vice president, perhaps the most effective we’ve had in a couple of hundred years.

I don’t write policy for my government.

I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he’s a liar.

Allow the president to invade a neighboring nation whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion,and you allow him to do so whenever he may choose to say he deems it necessary for such purpose – and you allow him to make war at pleasure.

Washington isn’t a city, it’s an abstraction.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

That’s the good thing about being president, I can do whatever I want.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

I want a president who will teach our children that everyone in this country matters, a president who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago that we are all created equal, each a beloved part of the great American story.

The U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

We just bought this house. It’s too big. It’s like 400,000 square feet, or something. We got an indoor lake and ski slope in the house! It’s just too big.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there’s no question about it.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste, creed and religion.

For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.

I can’t really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

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

The people are the only legitimate fountain of power, and it is from them that the constitutional charter, under which the several branches of government hold their power, is derived.

Governments regard their own citizens as their main enemy, and they have to be – protect themselves. That’s why you have state secret laws. Citizens are not supposed to know what their government is doing to them.

Governments will always play a huge part in solving big problems. They set public policy and are uniquely able to provide the resources to make sure solutions reach everyone who needs them. They also fund basic research, which is a crucial component of the innovation that improves life for everyone.

Democrats never agree on anything, that’s why they’re Democrats. If they agreed with each other, they would be Republicans.

One of my movies was called ‚True Lies.‘ It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.

He who exercises government by means of his virtue may be compared to the north polar star, which keeps its place and all the stars turn towards it.

What Washington needs is adult supervision.

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.

Under the doctrine of separation of powers, the manner in which the president personally exercises his assigned executive powers is not subject to questioning by another branch of government.

I’m no longer just a candidate. I’m the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn’t return. I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.

No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy – well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I’m President, I never will.

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning.

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

When the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.

As president, I’m committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

Politics… have always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.

Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be Vice President of the United States of America. Let’s get that straight. She’s a truly close personal friend. She is qualified to be President of the United States of America. She’s easily qualified to be Vice President of the United States of America.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.

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.

When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you’ve got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I’m not sure any country, either the United States or I don’t hear of anyone else, who’s willing to take on that responsibility.

I don’t see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that’s almost inconceivable.