Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I've been in many of them and to some extent I would have to say this; if you've seen one city slum you've seen them all.
Each and every one of us can make changes in the way we live our lives and become part of the solution [to climate change]
Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.
The Internet empowers individuals to play a more active role in the political process, as Obama's campaign has manifested.
I should hate to think that the Senate was as tired of me at the beginning of my service as I am of the Senate at the end.
Our party has been accused of fooling the public by calling tax increases 'revenue enhancement'. Not so. No one was fooled
[Saddam Hussein is aggressively seeking nuclear and biological weapons and ] the United States may well become the target.
As a former secretary of defense, I think Donald Rumsfeld is the best secretary of defense the United States has ever had.
His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.
The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century.
It's not unusual to find big political shifts that take place beneath the surface before they're visible above the surface.
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
The task of saving the earth's environment must and will become the central organizing principle of the post-Cold War world.
We must reject the idea of isolationism, . But that doesn't mean we should get involved in every civil war around the world.
We will be remembered not for the power of our weapons but for the power of our compassion, our dedication to human welfare.
Politics, of course, requires sweat, work, combat, and organization. But these should not be ugly words for and free people.
I pledge to you today that as president, in my first budget, I will introduce the largest increase in special education ever.
There are many other possibilities more enlightening than the struggle to become the local doctor's most affluent ulcer case.
I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.
Consider a clock thermostat, and set it so that you're not using energy when you don't need it, when you're out of your house.
Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.
Ultraliberalism today translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy.
As citizens of this democracy, you are the rulers and the ruled, the law-givers and the law-abiding, the beginning and the end.
My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.
The conversation on global warming has been stalled because a shrinking group of denialists fly into a rage when it's mentioned.
I think especially in her position, a highly successful professional woman, it would be a real exception to have an unwed child.
As I think about the future, I'm back where most people live their lives. Which is, death is not imminent, and that's different.
Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.
It takes quite a bit of nerve for Democrats to complain about inflation. This reminds me of germs complaining about the disease.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
It's not at all new for wealthy and powerful interests to try to hide the ball and ignore independent analyses of relevant facts.
It would be a serious mistake to replace a seasoned statesman with a tempermental tycoon who has no respect for the constitution.
My favorite sandwich is peanut butter, baloney, cheddar cheese, lettuce, and mayonnaise on toasted bread with catsup on the side.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination.
American democracy is in grave danger from the changes in the environment in which ideas either live and spread or wither and die.
You know there's an old african proverb that i made up: "If you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together."
I'm old enough to know that a red carpet's just a rug, and I've been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.
They asked me to go in front of the Reagans. I'm not used to going in front of President Reagan, so we went out behind the Bushes.
Americans have always excelled through hard work, innovation, and an ability to find solutions that makes us unique among nations.
I think it's fair to say you can't predict a straight line to victory. You know, there'll be good days and bad days along the way.
I think I was able to survive five heart attacks because I never postponed going to the hospital when something didn't feel right.
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
The day I made that statement, about the inventing the internet, I was tired because I'd been up all night inventing the Camcorder.
Make no mistake about it: Operation Desert Storm truly was a victory of good over evil, of freedom over tyranny, of peace over war.
Bobby Knight told me this: 'There is nothing that a good defense cannot beat a better offense.' In other words a good offense wins.
I have not suggested there's a connection between Iraq and 9/11, but there's clearly an established Iraqi track record with terror.
A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.
It will be helpful in our mutual objective to allow every man in America to look his neighbor in the face and see a man-not a color.