We must always remember that America is a great nation today not because of what government did for people but because of what people did for themselves and for one another.

The Cuban model doesn’t even work for us anymore.

I really, truly believe that writing comes out of the body; of course, the mind is working as well, but it’s a double thing and that doubleness is united. I mean, you can’t separate persona from psyche; you just can’t do it.

We all have to live together, so we might as well live together happily.

America is the land of the second chance – and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

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

We have the best government that money can buy.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

I looked the people of Louisiana in the eye and told them exactly what I thought in terms that normal people use.

I could give a flying flip about doing promo because, no disrespect, nobody put me in the position that I’m in.

If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful and helpful way toward one another.

In fact, the best thing we could do on taxes for all Americans is to simplify the individual tax code. This will be a tough job, but members of both parties have expressed an interest in doing this, and I am prepared to join them.

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!

The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.

I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them but to inform their discretion.

Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.

I’m not interested in more political or cultural combat.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

A toddling little girl is a centre of common feeling which makes the most dissimilar people understand each other.

Actors are one family over the entire world.

England and America are two countries separated by the same language.

When the best leader’s work is done the people say, ‚We did it ourselves.‘

The human animal cannot be trusted for anything good except en masse. The combined thought and action of the whole people of any race, creed or nationality, will always point in the right direction.

For every benefit you receive a tax is levied.

My heart aches for America and its deceived people.

There are only two forces that unite men – fear and interest.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Love alone is capable of uniting living beings in such a way as to complete and fulfill them, for it alone takes them and joins them by what is deepest in themselves.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

In Europe first and now in America, elected men have taken it upon themselves to indebt their people to create an atmosphere of dependency. And why? For their own selfish need to increase their own personal power.

Loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.

The notion that we have even one single veteran living on the streets should be just considered a travesty to all of us.

Every utopia – let’s just stick with the literary ones – faces the same problem: What do you do with the people who don’t fit in?

It’s actually very easy for democracy to disappear.

Don’t be dependent. At all. Ever. Period.

The Iranian government is undoubtedly a severe danger to its own population, but not beyond that.

Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people.

Europe was created by history. America was created by philosophy.

The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take orders later; in a dictatorship you don’t have to waste your time voting.

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.

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

I do not believe that government should be in the business of telling women what they should do with their bodies.

When I came to Delhi and noticed an insider view, I felt what it was, and I was surprised to see it. It seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government. It appeared that everyone has its own fiefdom.

For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.

We have a great group of guys that really sacrifice every night, care about each other, and try to play the right away.

I think if you follow anyone home, whether they live in Houston or London, and you sit at their dinner table and talk to them about their mother who has cancer or their child who is struggling in school, and their fears about watching their lives go by, I think we’re all the same.

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.

I know why we’re strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it’s because there’s always been a growing middle class.

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

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

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.

If the great American people will only keep their temper, on both sides of the line, the troubles will come to an end, and the question which now distracts the country will be settled just as surely as all other difficulties of like character which have originated in this government have been adjusted.

Football fans share a universal language that cuts across many cultures and many personality types. A serious football fan is never alone. We are legion, and football is often the only thing we have in common.

Deeply earnest and thoughtful people stand on shaky footing with the public.

I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.

Being part of a community with a church at its centre and singin‘ hymns is a great thing to do.

Let it be our delight to find our society in the circle of which Jesus is the center, and let us make those our friends who are the friends of Jesus.

Wives are people who feel they don’t dance enough.