The issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.

I think Hillary Clinton is a phenomenal woman, and I’ve gotten to know her, and I think she’s made some pretty major contributions over the course of her life.

I won’t do something unless I can get at least two or three good laughs out of it. If I can’t, it’s not gonna make the team.

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?

I don’t want to spend money the club doesn’t have; I don’t want to hold a player that doesn’t want to stay.

The Trump phenomenon is in large part a reaction of Middle America to attacks on its values by intellectual and academic communities. There are other reasons, but this is a significant one.

I want to marry Arline because I love her – which means I want to take care of her. That is all there is to it. I want to take care of her. I am anxious for the responsibilities and uncertainties of taking care of the girl I love.

When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5.

The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.

One leader, one people, signifies one master and millions of slaves.

Arafat’s departure has created an awesome opportunity.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

I’m committed to the people of Gujarat. I will devote each and every moment to serve my people of Gujarat.

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

Groups that rose from poverty to prosperity seldom did so by having their own racial or ethnic leaders to follow.

I had therefore to remove knowledge, in order to make room for belief.

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.

When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

I usually make up my mind about a man in ten seconds, and I very rarely change it.

I know Gov. Christie. We’ve met a couple of times.

By what principle of original right is it that one-fiftieth or one-ninetieth of a great nation, by calling themselves a State, have the right to break up and ruin that nation as a matter of original principle?

I’ve had moments when I’ve thought about somebody, picked up the phone to call them and they are on the line already, and I think that maybe there’s some vibration, some connection.

It constitutes a superhuman effort to lead any people in times of crisis. Without them, the changes would be impossible.

It’s not easy being young. It’s hard to know what to do.

Israelis would mostly breathe a sigh of relief if Palestinians were to disappear.

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly.

Between stimulus and response, there is a space where we choose our response.

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

I’m blessed to have such a tight-knit family that we can talk about anything. Whether we talk frequently or not, since we’re on separate ends of the country, there are a lot of moving parts, and we always stay tight and find that center ground that keeps us together.

In my heart, I’m confident I could make a good president.

Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little.

I believe God wants you to have money to pay your bills, send your kids to college and do charity work and build orphanages. There’s the teaching that we’re supposed to be poor to show that we’re humble. I don’t buy that. I think we’re supposed to be leaders. We’re supposed to excel.

Ultimately this issue is on us. We’re the ones who make the decisions about what our kids eat.

We need to pass comprehensive immigration reform, period.

I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

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

No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.

The safest course is to do nothing against one’s conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the – he said in the first 100 days he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules – unchain Wall Street. They’re gonna put y’all back in chains.

In this experiment, made on the 9th of October, 1876, actual conversation, backwards and forwards, upon the same line, and by the same instruments reciprocally used, was successfully carried on for the first time upon a real line of miles in length.

I don’t say very much I don’t really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.

If I’ve got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to call them up, and I’m going to say, ‚Hey, here’s what’s going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn’t expect it. Now it’s going to take me some more time to get you what you need.‘ But I’m going to do that upfront.

Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.

We can’t have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don’t mind the Republicans joining us. They can come for the ride, but they gotta sit in back.

A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.

I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

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

I am not the Catholic candidate for President. I am the Democratic Party’s candidate for President, who happens also to be a Catholic.

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

Who shall decide when doctors disagree, And soundest casuists doubt, like you and me?

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

The buck stops here!

The trouble with Nixon is that he’s a serious politics junkie. He’s totally hooked and like any other junkie, he’s a bummer to have around, especially as President.

The kids never listen to you, especially the youngest ones.