Politician Quotes

There is no clear sign that the economy is turning the corner in a meaningful way.

Jobs are created by businesses, especially small and mid-sized businesses.

I think people in my district expect me to work with the president. It doesn't mean we have to agree all the time. I don't feel any extra pressure.

Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe, and has the potential to become an inexpensive source of energy for neighborhoods, light and heavy duty vehicles, and industry.

We in the United States should be all the more thankful for the freedom and religious tolerance we enjoy. And we should always remember the lessons learned from the Holocaust, in hopes we stay vigilant against such inhumanity now and in the future.

Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.

Youth, what man's age is like to be, doth show; We may our ends by our beginnings know.

We are never like angels till our passion dies.

Search not to find things too deeply hid; Nor try to know things whose knowledge is forbid.

Poetry is of so subtle a spirit, that in the pouring out of one language into another it will evaporate.

Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.

Books should to one of these fours ends conduce, for wisdom, piety, delight, or use.

What passes for real debate in Washington often seems more like an echo chamber, with politicians talking at politicians.

Uncollected sales taxes on Internet purchases cost the states more than $16 billion in 2001.

This is a chance for me to listen and learn. There's no more important and rewarding part of my job.

The national debate on Social Security has been cheapened by demagoguery on all sides.

It's hard to exaggerate the importance of preserving the financial integrity of Social Security.

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services.

Brick and mortar businesses - and the communities that depend on them - cannot continue to bear an unfair sales tax burden from which their on-line competitors are effectively exempt.

Chicago is the product of modern capitalism, and, like other great commercial centers, is unfit for human habitation.

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.

While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

Those who produce should have, but we know that those who produce the most - that is, those who work hardest, and at the most difficult and most menial tasks, have the least.

It is better to vote for what you want and not get it than to vote for what you don't want and get it.

I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world.

Second of all, I don't think Wall Street is doing what it's supposed to be doing, even after the shameful performance of the last two years. They're are not allocating capital.

People have said I'm the candidate of anger. Well, we have a right to be angry. We lost 3 million jobs. We lost our place as the moral leader of the world.

Not one Republican president has balanced the budget in 34 years. You can not trust Republicans with your money.

Luckily, I'm a governor - so I get to tell you what I've already done not just what I'm going to do.