The welfare of the people in particular has always been the alibi of tyrants.

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

The mob is the mother of tyrants.

All respect for the office of the presidency aside, I assumed that the obvious and unadulterated decline of freedom and constitutional sovereignty, not to mention the efforts to curb the power of judicial review, spoke for itself.

It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days. Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

Much publishing is done through politics, friends, and natural stupidity.

All fiction is about people, unless it’s about rabbits pretending to be people. It’s all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time and changes taking place, and that’s what we call ‚the plot‘.

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?

I have no further use for America. I wouldn’t go back there if Jesus Christ was President.

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

Senator McCain is Israel’s most unconditional ally in Mossad’s machinations, something that even his worst adversaries would have been able to imagine. McCain participated alongside this secret service in the creation of the Islamic State, which has appropriated a considerable part of Iraq as well as a third of Syria, according to its affirmations.

Each party steals so many articles of faith from the other, and the candidates spend so much time making each other’s speeches, that by the time election day is past there is nothing much to do save turn the sitting rascals out and let a new gang in.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

Optimism comes less easily today, not because democracy is less vigorous, but because democracy’s enemies have refined their instruments of repression.

The clearest way to show what the rule of law means to us in everyday life is to recall what has happened when there is no rule of law.

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

Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained.

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.

I don’t think President Trump is a racist.

The arts have only ever interested a small minority of people, which acted as a kind of nursery to support artists.

Everybody’s journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The fact that many Americans consider it a disease says more about them than it does about homosexuality.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

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.

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.

It’s not a faith in technology. It’s faith in people.

When Hillary served in the Senate, I saw her work day and night as a member of the Armed Services Committee – working with Republicans and Democrats to keep our military strong and protect our troops and their families.

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

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

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

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

The internet could be a very positive step towards education, organisation and participation in a meaningful society.

I’ve said many a time that I think the Un-American Activities Committee in the House of Representatives was the most un-American thing in America!

America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say.

Obama, of course, outspent McCain.

Capitalism has worked very well. Anyone who wants to move to North Korea is welcome.

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

Independence? That’s middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.

There’s some jerks. There’s some big egos. There are a few that think they’re one of the Founding Fathers… in both parties.

America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our people.

In my opinion eight years as president is enough and sometimes too much for any man to serve in that capacity.

Obamacare sucks, it can’t be fixed.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.

I have decided in 2020 to run for president.

The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.

I hope that no American will waste his franchise and throw away his vote by voting either for me or against me solely on account of my religious affiliation. It is not relevant.

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.

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

I think Canadians are more interested in international events than Americans because it is such a small country, so politics affect it more.

Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton both had exceptional natural abilities. Nelson Rockefeller was very good statewide but never gained national traction.

The best things and best people rise out of their separateness; I’m against a homogenized society because I want the cream to rise.

No one has done a study on this, as far as I can tell, but I think Facebook might be the first place where a large number of people have come out. We didn’t create that – society was generally ready for that. I think this is just part of the general trend that we talked about, about society being more open, and I think that’s good.

There has come into being a kind of a Shia belt from Tehran through Baghdad to Beirut. And this gives Iran the opportunity to reconstruct the ancient Persian Empire – this time under the Shia label.

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with ‚what can I give‘ spirit.

Look at our society. Everyone wants to be thin, but nobody wants to diet. Everyone wants to live long, but few will exercise. Everybody wants money, yet seldom will anyone budget or control their spending.