This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

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 played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat.

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

Our schools and colleges are turning out people who cannot feel fulfilled unless they are telling other people what to do.

I like being with my family. That’s my party.

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.

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

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

I’ll be honest: I haven’t ruled politics out.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.

The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history.

President Assad, I worked with. I know him reasonably well, met with him a few times, and he’s a liar.

There is no gambling like politics.

Yup, the whole birther movement was racist.

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

Chimps are very quick to have a sudden fight or aggressive episode, but they’re equally as good at reconciliation.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

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.

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.

Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.

Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception.

Barack Obama is probably the most exciting candidate that either the Democratic or Republican party has produced at least since I’ve been around. He’s fresh, he’s new, he’s insightful.

The artist part of me always wants to be appreciated. I read every review. But I never wanted to seek validation by awards or anything controlled by politics.

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.

Few are drawn to the person whom others avoid and neglect; people gather around those who have already attracted interest.

Only the aspirants for president are fool enough to believe what they read in the newspapers.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That’s the only way you can get elected.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

As a matter of fact, I didn’t make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

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.

To some degree it matters who’s in office, but it matters more how much pressure they’re under from the public.

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

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

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

I will never retire from politics, the revolution, or the ideas I have.

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments.

I think who you are in school really sticks with you. I don’t ever feel like the cool kid at the party, ever. It’s like, ‚Smile and be nice to everybody, because you were not invited to be here.‘

Finality is not the language of politics.

In my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.

Democracy don’t rule the world, You’d better get that in your head; This world is ruled by violence, But I guess that’s better left unsaid.

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.

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.

Hillary doesn’t play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate in our lifetime – yes, more than Barack, more than Bill. So she is absolutely ready to be Commander-in-Chief on day one. And, yes, she happens to be a woman.

For most of my life I let women do the driving and was happy to let them.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only object of good government.

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 was always making my friends laugh, but I never wanted the attention of the whole classroom.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

If you have embraced a creed which appears to be free from the ordinary dirtiness of politics – a creed from which you yourself cannot expect to draw any material advantage – surely that proves that you are in the right?

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

There are some members of the House leadership whose only mission in life is to demonize the president.