Abraham Lincoln Quotes

I believe that our national security lies not just in protecting our borders, but in bridging divides.

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking.

I am constrained to advert to the refusal of the governors of Maine and Connecticut to furnish the required detachments of militia toward the defense of the maritime frontier…. It is obvious that if the authority of the United States to call into service and command the militia for the public defense can be thus frustrated, even in a state of declared war and of course under apprehensions of invasion preceding war, they are not one nation.

Dealing with Wyoming is like dealing with the Russians. You never get anywhere by trying to cooperate.

Being a wartime President is never just about leading the war. It is also about leading a nation at war.

I don't think Albert Einstein could have devised an equation to guide the leader of the free world during the wildly tumultuous post-9/11 realities without a modicum of help from the opposition party and the vast majority of the print and electronic media.

Like Lyndon Johnson, President Obama understands that timidity in a time of troubles is a prescription for failure.

I believe when the country feels threatened it is important that we are seen to be working together to find an appropriate structure for dealing with terrorists in our midst.

Governor Kempthorne of Idaho, our chairman of the National Governors Association, is doing a great job bringing all of the nation's governors together to work as partners with the federal government.

My politics are of a practical kind - the integrity of the country, the supremacy of the Federal government, an honorable peace, or none at all.

There's no way that I could be the president. You can't have a pacifist in the White House... I'm an actor. This is what I do for a living.

I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

The first thing I see is the obligation to serve peace.

We as the Afghan people and government are willing to help Pakistan work for peace in Afghanistan and work for peace in Pakistan, together.

The president of the United States actually has to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time.

My message to Washington is the United States has gone through incredible crises, and our leaders have been able to find common ground. And that's what our leaders have to do.

By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.

The wound-tight, travel-light Obama has a distaste for the adversarial and the random. But if you stick too rigidly to a 'No Drama' rule in the White House, you risk keeping reality at bay. Presidencies are always about crisis management.

Overall relations between the North and the South have developed in favor of national reconciliation, unity and reunification.

If I'm the president, I will call in all the different political opinions to come together and to make one front to the benefit of Mexico.

War is often about making the least-worst decision. The same could be said about politics. But the stakes are higher in war, when the commander-in-chief is called upon to defend the nation.

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war.

A president cannot sit on his hands and be seen as passive in the face of ruthless action by a foreign dictator.

Between an uncontrolled escalation and passivity, there is a demanding road of responsibility that we must follow.

The President so far has struck me as a man who is trying hard to keep his balance. He certainly has been very receptive to all my efforts in these directions.