The government’s job is good governance for everybody. My government will make policies; if you fit into it, come on board, or stay where you are. My job is not to spoon-feed anyone.

I believe that a government has only one religion – India first. A government has only one holy book – our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion – towards nation.

I don’t think I would run for president.

Any lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

My relationship to power and authority is that I’m all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave.

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.

When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who’ll get the blame.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

I don’t think you ever really know what all you’re doing, so you have to act on faith.

I’m very aware and very conscious of the path I chose in life, and very aware of the path I didn’t choose.

Warren Buffet told me once and he said always follow your gut. When you have that gut feeling, you have to go with don’t go back on it.

The more a person seeks security, the more that person gives up control over their life.

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

A wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is.

We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

I know I have a responsibility to the fans.

Nothing is more expensive than a missed opportunity.

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.

Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary – not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to be prime minister; you have to give yourself 100 percent.

I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be all things to all people – one way guaranteed not to be successful or respected in a lion’s den. You can’t just play around with all those big cats – you’ve got to take somebody on.

I’m completely in favor of the separation of Church and State. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death.

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.

It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

If medical doctors can be sued for malpractice, shouldn’t financial professionals practice under the same safeguard?

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions – Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.

My game is really played above time. I don’t say that like I’m saying I’m ahead of my time. I’m saying, like, if I’m on the court and I throw a pass, the ball that I’ve thrown will lead my teammate right where he needs to go, before he even knows that that’s the right place to go to.

I hate letting my teammates down. I know I’m not going to make every shot. Sometimes I try to make the right play, and if it results in a loss, I feel awful. I don’t feel awful because I have to answer questions about it. I feel awful in that locker room because I could have done something more to help my teammates win.

To state the facts frankly is not to despair the future nor indict the past. The prudent heir takes careful inventory of his legacies and gives a faithful accounting to those whom he owes an obligation of trust.

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

I don’t think it’s a good idea to plan to sell a company.

I wonder how many decisions we make every day. I believe it’s probably hundreds. We decide whether or not to get out of bed, what we’ll eat, what we’ll do, what we’ll think about, what we’ll say… and on and on.

Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past.

When a team takes ownership of its problems, the problem gets solved. It is true on the battlefield, it is true in business, and it is true in life.

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

I’m gonna go hard no matter what because I gotta feed my family, and I gotta feed myself.

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

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

Some people say that the climate crisis is something that we will have created, but that is not true, because if everyone is guilty then no one is to blame. And someone is to blame.

I am worrying about my country. I feel I have a responsibility as a novelist to do something.

If you lead a country like Britain, a strong country, a country which has taken a lead in world affairs in good times and in bad, a country that is always reliable, then you have to have a touch of iron about you.

The art of delegation is one of the key skills any entrepreneur must master.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

There’s no difference between one’s killing and making decisions that will send others to kill. It’s exactly the same thing, or even worse.

Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.

A whole people with the ballot in their hands possess the most conclusive and unlimited power ever entrusted to humanity.

Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

It’s so hard to know what to do when one wishes earnestly to do right.

The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate whenever the Government assumes a freer aspect and the laws favor a subdivision of Property.

Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.

Don’t blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.