"I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics."
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future."
John F. Kennedy on Politics"Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself."
Mark Twain on Politics"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
Plato on Politics"If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand."
Milton Friedman on Politics"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Joseph Stalin on Politics"I feel less alone when I read the books of Ratzinger."
"I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test."
"Physical courage is a great test."
"In my old age, I have been thinking about this, and I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage."
"I don't want to hear about my death."