Politician Quotes

You do have to do business with and to try to influence people you don't agree with, or find disagreeable, so it's important to stress that balance.

When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.

To the teacher weighed down with paperwork, I say: you've been messed around too often. You came into teaching to spend your time teaching children not filling in forms.

I have found that I get a better reaction from people once I am less bothered about their reaction.

There's only one growth strategy: work hard.

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of i

You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that.

As long as I am mayor of this city the great industries are secure.

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

The United Nations has a critical role to play in promoting stability, security, democracy, human rights, and economic development. The UN is as relevant today as at any time in its history, but it needs reform.

The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.

People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons.

Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

Our foreign policy needs to support our energy, economic, defense and domestic policies. It all falls within the arch of national interest. There will be windows of opportunity, but they will open and close quickly.

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the world should be a shared interest and value with all nations.

No one individual vote, no one individual quote or no one individual statement defines me, my beliefs, or my record.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

My overall worldview has never changed: that America has and must maintain the strongest military in the world, that we must lead the international community to confront threats and challenges together, and that we must use all tools of American power to protect our citizens and our interests.

It is easy to get into war, not so easy to get out.

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

I'm not saying my idea is the one and only idea. We should have other ideas, but the president has not laid down a specific plan as to how he's going to get us to solvency. I do that.

I'm a supporter of Israel, always have been.

I would not trade America's position in the world - our ledger, our debts and assets - for any country in the world. There isn't a country in the world even close to America.

I have said many times that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels.

I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.