The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

Knowledge is power.

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.

A lot of people have a sense-of-entitlement mentality that somebody else ought to do these things for them. People are mad at the government for not getting jobs for them. I don’t understand why it’s the government’s responsibility.

In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs forever and ever.

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

The 21st century is going to be the American century. Because we lead not only by the example of our power, but by the power of our example. That is the history of the journey of America.

Every President wants to do right.

I have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

The people are hungry: It is because those in authority eat up too much in taxes.

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

Do not meddle in the affairs of Wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

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?‘

Electricity is really just organized lightning.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

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 have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.

The Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.

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

When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

Before I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I’d be the chief minister.

The totalitarian, to me, is the enemy – the one that’s absolute, the one that wants control over the inside of your head, not just your actions and your taxes.

Every man needs slaves like he needs clean air. To rule is to breathe, is it not? And even the most disenfranchised get to breathe. The lowest on the social scale have their spouses or their children.

I don’t want to express my opinion about actual politics, because if I do, I have to be responsible for my decision.

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

Domestic policy can only defeat us; foreign policy can kill us.

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

I believe in a president whose religious views are his own private affair, neither imposed by him upon the nation or imposed by the nation upon him as a condition to holding that office.

Ronald Reagan used to alarm other constituencies by speaking freely about the End Times foreshadowed in the Bible.

When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

The truth of the matter is that Iran is a cancer.

What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president.

I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive.

On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama’s entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.

The economy’s always been the engine for our national security.

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness and power to the screen. The best actor we’ve had.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

I don’t think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.

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

The devil ain’t got no power over me. The devil come, and me shake hands with the devil. Devil have his part to play. Devil’s a good friend, too… because when you don’t know him, that’s the time he can mosh you down.

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.

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.

The label ‚liberal‘ or ‚conservative,‘ any – every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from ‚Iolanthe.‘ It goes, ‚Every gal and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.‘ What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored.

Where there is a free government, and the people make their own laws by their representatives, I see no injustice in their obliging one another to take their own paper money.

The world’s biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman.

I can’t imagine what this place would be – I can’t imagine what the country would be – with Donald Trump as our president.

I will continue to believe that Israel’s security is paramount.

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

All people are born alike – except Republicans and Democrats.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

In countries where innocent people are dying, the leaders are following their blood rather than their brains.

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.