“We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.”

If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.

I misled people, including even my wife.

Globalisation is not something that we can hold off or turn off. It is the economic equivalent of a force of nature, like wind or water.

Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.

The Constitution is a radical document, it is the job of the government to rein in people’s rights.

I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.

When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.

Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.

You can’t say you love your country and hate your government.

Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

Sarah, there’s a government inside the government, and I don’t control it.

Character doesn’t matter.

Character is a journey, not a destination.

The most powerful people on earth are focus groups.

I’ve turned down twentysomething million dollars for movies.

We know that if one man’s rights are denied, the rights of all are endangered.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

If inflation-adjusted interest rates decline in a given country, its currency is likely to decline.

Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

When scientifically investigating the natural world, the only thing worse than a blind believer is a seeing denier.

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been expressed by higher authority than mine.