When I came to Johannesburg from the countryside, I knew nobody, but many strangers were very kind to me. I then was dragged into politics, and then, subsequently, I became a lawyer.

I love being in the United States Senate.

There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.

Commodities such as gold and silver have a world market that transcends national borders, politics, religions, and race. A person may not like someone else’s religion, but he’ll accept his gold.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

In assisting his ‚neighbour‘ every day to the best of his ability, and keeping truth, honesty, and kindness perpetually before him, the Boy Scout, with as little formality as possible, is pleasing God.

At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.

There are slavish souls who carry their appreciation for favors done them so far that they strangle themselves with the rope of gratitude.

Man is not free unless government is limited.

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

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness.

The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

We have observed that, in society and the world in which we live, selfishness has increased more than love for others, and that men of good will must work, each with his own strengths and expertise, to ensure that love for others increases until it is equal and possibly exceeds love for oneself.

I guess you’d call me an independent, since I’ve never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label.

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

The poorest people are the sweetest people.

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

I got no quarrel with them Vietcong.

Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.

If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

To give alms is nothing unless you give thought also.

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

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

It’s rural America. It’s where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?

I don’t see any possibility of Britain and the U.S. allowing a sovereign independent Iraq; that’s almost inconceivable.

As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.

It’s plain hokum. If you can’t convince ‚em, confuse ‚em. It’s an old political trick. But this time it won’t work.

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.

Politics doesn’t make strange bedfellows – marriage does.

You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.

Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.

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.

The Democratic position seems to be everything is going to be free. Free education. Free health care. Free housing. Free love. Free kittens, I don’t know.

The ignorance of one voter in a democracy impairs the security of all.

Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.

Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

I loved being Secretary of State, that’s probably evident to everyone who watched me.

I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.

The President is always abused. If he isn’t, he isn’t doing anything.

First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good times and bad, she never lost her capacity to smile and laugh, nor to inspire others with her warmth and kindness. I admired and respected her – for her energy and commitment to others, and especially for her devotion to her two boys.

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us. The ultimate rulers of our democracy are not a President and senators and congressmen and government officials, but the voters of this country.

Giving is better than receiving because giving starts the receiving process.

If somebody’s dumb enough to ask me to go to a political convention and say something, they’re going to have to take what they get.

I would rather drink weedkiller than support Obamacare.

In my country we go to prison first and then become President.

No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare.

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn’t touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.

Whenever you’re going through a tough time, generally, you become more compassionate, you become softer, you become more thoughtful, kinder. These are all spiritual qualities that will help you to align yourself with God and God consciousness rather than with a split fear-based consciousness.

We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation; for there is no grace in a benefit that sticks to the fingers.

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

In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself.

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

Ethiopia didn’t just blow my mind; it opened my mind. Anyway, on our last day at this orphanage a man handed me his baby and said, ‚Would you take my son with you?‘ He knew, in Ireland, that his son would live, and that in Ethiopia, his son would die.

Well, I have great respect for Senator Hirono.