American Politician Quotes

The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be.

Theodore Roosevelt

As to war, I am and always was a great enemy, at the same time a warrior the greater part of my life, and were I young again, should still be a warrior while ever this country should be invaded and I lived — a Defensive war I think a righteous war to Defend my life & property & that of my family, in my own opinion, is right & justifiable in the sight of God.
An offensive war, I believe to be wrong and would therefore have nothing to do with it, having no right to meddle with another man's property, his ox or his ass, his man servant or his maid servant or anything that is his. Neither does he have a right to meddle with anything that is mine, if he does I have a right to defend it by force.

Of the multitude who throughout history have spoken for human dignity in times of great suffering and loss, no voice is more compelling than that of Anne Frank.

John F. Kennedy

Your life is the sum result of all the choices you make, both consciously and unconsciously. If you can control the process of choosing, you can take control of all aspects of your life. You can find the freedom that comes from being in charge of yourself.

Bob Bennett (politician)

Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.

Benjamin Franklin

Endorsing Kamala Harris for president:

Michelle and I couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office.

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There's far less competition.

There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.

This is destined to be a very wealthy portion of the United States, and, if to this we can add the most temperate, nothing will prevent our rising, and becoming a valuable acquisition to the union. Much power now lies in your hands, and, I sincerely hope, we may commence our new career with a law in our statute books, prohibiting the manufacture and sale of ardent spirits in Oregon territory.

George Abernethy

America understands that there is one party in this country that is favor of health care reform and one party that is against it, and they know why. They understand that if Barack Obama were somehow able to cure hunger in the world the Republicans would blame him for overpopulation. They understand that if Barack Obama could somehow bring about world peace they would blame him for destroying the defense industry. In fact, they understand that if Barack Obama has a BLT sandwich tomorrow for lunch, they will try to ban bacon. But that's not what America wants, America wants solutions to its problems and that begins with health care, and that's what I'm speaking for tonight.

Dear Washington, how I love you, with your beautiful, broad, generous streets and blue skies! The sun shines always there for me.

This may be the most bizarre recommendation, but I am sincere. I'm not saying it's not an issue or it's not important, but proportionally speaking, stop complaining about health care... if there was something that we could do about it that were quick or easy, it would be done... There is no solution.

The Democratic Party is like a mule—without pride of ancestry or hope of posterity.

Ignatius L. Donnelly

The President had an incredibly productive set of meetings and discussions with Prime Minister Joe Trudeau of Canada.

Sean said the name of Canadian Prime Minister wrong (Joe instead of Justin)

Let me remind you this has been going on for years. We are bringing it to a halt. The harsh fact of the matter is when you're going to pass legislation that will cover 300 [million] American people in different ways it takes a long time to do the necessary administrative steps that have to be taken to put the legislation together to control the people.

The workers of America have power enough to topple the structure of capitalism at home and to lift the whole world with them when they rise.

James P. Cannon

This bill reminds me of the tactics of the former Soviet Union — and we know how successful that was.

It's more sad than anything else, to see someone with such potential throw it all down the drain because of a sexual addiction.

Farewell to ye all! In the land of the stranger I rise or I fall.

For those that don't have our back, we're taking name, we will make points to respond to that acccordingly.

The people in this country come first—not the institutions.

Joseph Kennedy III

Of Idaho:

It is a melancholy strange-looking country, one of fractures and violence and fire.

John C. Frémont

The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau.

James F. Byrnes

... reports about very innocent people being thrown into detention where they could be held for years without any representation or charges is distressing.

When the Republican Party is no longer the party of fiscal conservatism then clearly I would argue that we've lost our way.