War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

I understand how every healthy child, every new road, puts a country on a better path, but instability and war will arise from time to time, and I’m not an expert on how you get out of those things.

If you’re in business or politics, you need to have an intense understanding of what’s going on around you.

But do I think that our actions in anyway violate the War Powers Resolution, the answer is no.

The peasant must always be helped technically, economically, morally and culturally. The guerrilla fighter will be a sort of guiding angel who has fallen into the zone, helping the poor always and bothering the rich as little as possible in the first phases of the war.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

Sectional football games have the glory and the despair of war, and when a Texas team takes the field against a foreign state, it is an army with banners.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we’ve got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.

When we quarrel, how we wish we had been blameless.

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?

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.

I am a Christian and a Democrat, that’s all.

The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.

A siege is an act of war.

The U.S. couldn’t even get rid of Saddam Hussein. And we all know that the EU is just a passing fad. They’ll be killing each other again in less than a year. I’m sick to death of all these fascist lawsuits.

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

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.

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.

In a world of complex threats, our security and leadership depends on all elements of our power – including strong and principled diplomacy.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

A President cannot always be popular.

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

It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business.

Occasionally the conflict between ‚what we stand for‘ and ‚what we do‘ has been forthrightly addressed.

There should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

Lincoln said you cannot be President without spending some item on your knees. I have repeated that and a bunch of Atheists got all over me. Wait a minute. Does that mean that you cannot be President if you are an Atheist? I say yea that does mean that.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

The label ‚liberal‘ or ‚conservative,‘ any – every time I hear that, I think of the great Gilbert and Sullivan song from ‚Iolanthe.‘ It goes, ‚Every gal and every boy that’s born alive is either a little liberal or else a little conservative.‘ What do those labels mean? It depends on whose ox is being gored.

There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.

For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. And I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction.

War is the greatest plague that can afflict humanity, it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

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

It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.

I have lived in countries that were coming out of conflict: Ireland, South Africa, the Czech republic. People there are overflowing with energy.

Freedom does not die from frontal attack. It dies because men in power no longer believe in a system based upon liberty.

In my dreams I hear again the crash of guns, the rattle of musketry, the strange, mournful mutter of the battlefield.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

In war, you win or lose, live or die – and the difference is just an eyelash.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what’s going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

There is obviously a gap between the public’s perception of the role of U.S. foreign policy and the elite’s perception.

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.

There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.

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

NATO was constructed on the – with the reason, whether one believes it or not, that it was going to defend Western Europe from Russian assault. Once the Berlin Wall fell and the Soviet Union was beginning to collapse, that reason was gone. So, first question: why does NATO exist?

I had just as much support from Republicans as I did Democrats when I ran for president. But I should have organized the Democratic Party to get me re-elected.

It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow’s viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.

Politics is the entertainment branch of industry.

You won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference.

For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible – and no one can now doubt the word of America.

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.

Since I’m the president and Democrats have controlled the House and the Senate, it’s understandable that people are saying, you know, ‚What have you done?‘