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

I do not think I could myself be brought to support a man for office whom I knew to be an open enemy of, and scoffer at, religion.

If people lose faith in their government, the result is the same whether or not the loss of confidence is justified.

John F. Kennedy was the victim of the hate that was a part of our country. It is a disease that occupies the minds of the few but brings danger to the many.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

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.

Some have argued that confronting the threat from Iraq could detract from the war against terror. To the contrary, confronting the threat posed by Iraq is crucial to winning the war on terror.

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.

Those newspapers of the nation which most loudly cried dictatorship against me would have been the first to justify the beginnings of dictatorship by somebody else.

The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

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

A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern. But what is the best that we can offer to those who govern? Prayer!

Politics are a very unsatisfactory game.

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

For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.

Richard Nixon was an evil man – evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of the Devil can understand it. He was utterly without ethics or morals or any bedrock sense of decency.

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.

The thought of being President frightens me and I do not think I want the job.

I don’t see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.

Healthy citizens are the greatest asset any country can have.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn’t be here. It’d still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.

I’m substantially concerned about the policy directions of the space agency. We have a situation in the U.S. where the White House and Congress are at odds over what the future direction should be. They’re sort of playing a game and NASA is the shuttlecock that they’re hitting back and forth.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.

Ballots are the rightful and peaceful successors to bullets.

I never accepted Communist dogma or theory.

Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

I found that the corridors of power in Delhi were littered with lobbies of various kinds.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

In the political system, we are a team; politics and bureaucracy, we are a team. The politicians, bureaucrats and the people, we are a team.

I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he’s African American.

Let me just be very clear that the Republican Party will select a nominee that will beat Bill Clinton.

I pay attention to politics and technology.

I think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.

Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything.

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

Empire and liberty.

Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.

There was a stool there, and some fella kept asking me if I wanted to sit down. When I saw the stool sitting there, it gave me the idea. I’ll just put the stool out there and I’ll talk to Mr. Obama and ask him why he didn’t keep all of the promises he made to everybody.

Remember, no one decides who they’re going to vote for based on the vice president. I mean that literally.

I have considered voting Conservative because I am so against the Labour party.

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

I confess I enjoy democracy immensely. It is incomparably idiotic, and hence incomparably amusing.

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

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I’ll probably… drop writing children’s books and become a political cartoonist again.

Political courage is not political suicide.

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.

All government, of course, is against liberty.

In our age there is no such thing as ‚keeping out of politics.‘ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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.

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

Whenever a fellow tells me he’s bipartisan, I know he’s going to vote against me.

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

The FBI should not be a political body.

One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who’s not doing a good job. But I didn’t make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we – we own this country. We – we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.