When George W. Bush came into office, North Korea had maybe one nuclear weapon and verifiably wasn’t producing any more.

Turkey must find its place if, of course, it can heal its internal sores, and none is more malignant than the perennial Kurdish issue.

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.

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?‘

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

There might be some serious fun in politics.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

There’s no way now for you to get a Democratic or Republican nomination without being able to raise $200 or $300 million or more. I would not be inclined to do that, and I would not be capable of doing it.

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.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

The Iranians have shot down drones. They tried to destroy the Saudi oil fields. They tried to storm our embassy. So, when my Democratic friends say we need appeasement, well appeasement hasn’t worked. And I think that we’ve learned, with respect to Iran, that weakness invites the wolves.

Political courage is not political suicide.

I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.

America is just downright mean.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

What Britain needs is an iron lady.

Be extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.

The more you observe politics, the more you’ve got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

If the present Congress errs in too much talking, how can it be otherwise in a body to which the people send one hundred and fifty lawyers, whose trade it is to question everything, yield nothing, and talk by the hour?

I’m not a politician. And I don’t want to be.

I’m not a big politics guy.

Why has government been instituted at all? Because the passions of man will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.

Let us recollect that peace or war will not always be left to our option; that however moderate or unambitious we may be, we cannot count upon the moderation, or hope to extinguish the ambition of others.

The greatest security for Israel is to create new Egypts.

I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

The only defensible war is a war of defense.

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

Trump has no sense of shame.

Latinos are Republican. They just don’t know it yet.

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

I would not vote for the mayor. It’s not just because he didn’t invite me to dinner, but because on my way into town from the airport there were such enormous potholes.

I have a scheme for stopping war. It’s this – no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change instead. But what do we do when there is no political will? What do we do when the politics needed are nowhere in sight?

President Obama is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.

Compromise used to mean that half a loaf was better than no bread. Among modern statesmen it really seems to mean that half a loaf; is better than a whole loaf.

To say that the United States has pursued diplomacy with North Korea is a little bit misleading. It did under the Clinton administration, though neither side completely lived up to their obligations. Clinton didn’t do what was promised, nor did North Korea, but they were making progress.

Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven’t had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln.

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

I don’t think that a Justice should have uppermost in her mind, ‚A Democratic president appointed me, so I must leave to be sure that another Democratic president can appoint my successor.‘

Well, when you come down to it, I don’t see that a reporter could do much to a president, do you?

Baldwin thought Europe was a bore, and Chamberlain thought it was only a greater Birmingham.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader.

I think politicians really go with the tide.

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

You do the policy, I’ll do the politics.

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

Now if there is one thing that we do worse than any other nation, it is try and manage somebody else’s affairs.

The Oslo Accords in 1993 determined that the Gaza Strip and the West Bank are a single territorial entity which cannot be divided. Immediately, the United States and Israel set about separating the two and making sure that they would not be united.

Part of the problem is there are people in Washington, D.C. in positions of power to whom the border is just a nuisance, and I think some of them believe that illegal immigration is a moral good. It is not. It undermines legal immigration.

The advice I’ve been giving to people all my life – that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you; you can’t give up politics, it won’t give you up – was the advice I should have been taking myself.

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

A war is a horrible thing, but it’s also a unifier of countries.

Nixon was no more a saint than he was a great president.

One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.

What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car?

I am such a political person.

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I’m pretty strong on, on defense matters.

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.