“To succeed in the 21st century, we need to integrate the traditional tools of foreign policy— diplomacy, development assistance, and military force— while also tapping the energy and ideas of the private sector and empowering citizens, especially the activists, organizers, and problem solvers we cal…”— Hillary Rodham Clinton, amazon.com
“Your Government is still on the same side of the street with the Good Samaritan and not with those who pass by on the other side.”— Franklin Roosevelt, millercenter.org
“Progressive liberals seem incapable of stating the obvious truth: that we who are well off should be willing to share more of what we have with poor people not for the poor people’s sake but for our own; i.e., we should share what we have in order to become less narrow and frightened and lonely and…”— David Foster Wallace, amazon.com
“. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage and are left to clutch only mirage-like images of freedom, its fables and fictions. The new slaves are linked together by vast electronic chains of television that imprison n…”— Gerry Spence, amazon.com
“Candidates for political office always say they're running on their record. Unfortunately, their records are made up of them talking about what they're going to do rather than them getting things done.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“All politicians in every election cycle promise to reduce waste in spending. When was the last time you heard of government actually doing that? I'll answer that: Never.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“I never worry about being politically correct. I don't need to read the polls to make my decisions.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“There is no politician who understands our tax system like I do. It has to be changed to make it fair for all Americans— and simplified. I am a strong, proud conservative. The biggest difference between me and all the do-nothing politicians who are all talk, no action? Those people constantly claimi…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“We look at politicians and think: This one’s owned by this millionaire. That one’s owned by that millionaire, or lobbyist, or special interest group. Me? I speak for the people.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“We need to see more real achievements in the first 100 days of the next administration than we’ve seen in the seven years of the Obama presidency.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“A great leader has to be flexible, holding his ground on the major principles but finding room for compromises that can bring people together. A great leader has to be savvy at negotiations so we don’t drown every bill in pork barrel bridges to nowhere. I know how to stand my ground— but I also know…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“They couldn’t ignore me, so they started attacking me. These veteran politicians looked for the place I was most vulnerable— which is why they attacked my hair, which is mine, by the way. They showed a lot of courage attacking my hair; this resulted in what might be the strangest political headline…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“In politics, once someone gets elected, it’s tough to get them out. There’s no motivation to try to get anything done. If the American public had any idea what really goes on, they’d be much angrier than they are already.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“That has always been my philosophy: If my critics attack me, then I’ll fight back. Let’s be honest and truthful with one another. I’m confident my answer makes the most sense.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“Why do you think people tuned in? To hear the nasty questions? To watch a bunch of politicians trying to pretend they are outsiders (like I truly am) so they can be more successful? The fact is I give people what they need and deserve to hear— exactly what they don’t get from politicians— and that i…”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“To start with, we need a government that is committed to winning and has experience in winning.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“But let me add that while my critics are pushing their policy agendas, the last thing we need are more plans that evaporate after the elections.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“The left's concern for the interests and wellbeing of the powerless and the weak, and its belief that such powerlessness and weakness are the results of the social system, and not of the inadequacies of the people within it, leads it to propose a political program of social action. The right has bee…”— John Fiske, amazon.com