That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Nobody is above the law. Imagine if there allegations against Modi and he is the Prime Minister. Should the case not be pursued just because he has become the PM. It should not be so that it should be stopped. I am not above the law.

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

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 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.

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

I don’t think I would run for president.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

I have been very happy in the House of Representatives.

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.

I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy – but that could change.

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

I am the son of a freedom fighter, and a son of a freedom fighter automatically imbibes the value of democracy.

If people wonder, yes, Hillary Clinton is my friend. She has been a friend to me and Barack and Malia and Sasha, and Bill and Chelsea have been embracing and supportive from the very day my husband took the oath of office.

How long will it take the citizens of the United States, one wonders, to recognize that the house their country bombed in Iraq is the same one they were living in until it was foreclosed?

The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments‘ plans.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

Trump has no sense of shame.

You can’t put democracy and freedom back into a box.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

Free government is the most difficult of all government. But it is everlastingly true that the plain people will make fewer mistakes than any other group of men, no matter how powerful.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?

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

There is probably a perverse pride in my administration… that we were going to do the right thing, even if short-term it was unpopular. And I think anybody who’s occupied this office has to remember that success is determined by an intersection in policy and politics and that you can’t be neglecting of marketing and P.R. and public opinion.

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

I really don’t like women who try to be men. All these politicians, I think they’re horrendous. We could have a brilliant future, but we have this terrible male vision of destroying everything. They’d better sort themselves out and become more womanly.

Most liberals think of civil liberties as their Achilles heel. It isn’t.

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

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.

It’s been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: ‚I’m going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.‘ You’ve just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

We’ve switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics – trying to play a serious part in the world – to a culture that’s really entertainment-based.

Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated.

Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

I’m going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you’re not going to believe it.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

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.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Liberals are not always so liberal with people who disapprove – disapprove of their point of view.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

This young century will be liberty’s century.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

I think where political issues invade moral situations, spiritual leaders have to speak out.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

The fundamental question I believe is, ‚Is political Islam in our best interest?‘ If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?

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

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language… one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man.

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

How can a president not be an actor?

Without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure.

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

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 idea that putting Americans ‚first‘ requires a withdrawal from the world is simply wrongheaded because a retreat would achieve exactly the opposite for our citizens.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

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.