Peter Hitchens Quotes

But if I were to sum up who Barack Obama is and how he plans to meet this moment with one word, that word would be 'responsibility.' Responsibility to each other, our families, our communities, our country, and our world.

We have that responsibility to look out for those who haven't had the road and the success that we have.

When we see people that are impoverished and people who are dealt an unfair hand, then if we have the power to help them, we should try to do that.

President Obama has a strong record of doing what is best for America and Florida, and he built it by spending more time worrying about what his decisions would mean for the people than for his political fortunes.

The future which we hold in trust for our own children will be shaped by our fairness to other people's children.

We need to build websites with celebrity speakers who talk about the ideals of fairness, sharing, democratic cooperation, and altruism in public life.

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful.

It is possible to tolerate anything as long as it only affects you. But the method of collective punishment is bigger than that.

It taught me that Clinton's instinct to make this about your life as a citizen, rather than his as a human being, was the right answer to these things.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

It's not a bad thing fighting for equality and helping the poor. It's not a bad thing to have on your professional tombstone: 'He believed in equality and he helped the poor.'

Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.

When we run for office, our job is to work for everybody. You can't work for everybody if you don't listen to everybody.

A man must be sensible of the errors of the people, and upon his guard against them, and must run the risk of their displeasure sometimes, or he will never do them any good in the long run.

A decent society is not based on rights. It is based on duty. Our duty to one another. To all should be given opportunity; from all responsibility demanded.

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do.

We [politicians] have a bad habit of not putting ourselves in the place of those we are trying to represent, and whose needs we are supposed to be considering.

It is right to be forward in the defense of the poor; no system that is not just as between rich and poor can hope to survive.

Human rights, no matter whom they affect, are something that should matter to all of us. It's always been a part of my life.

Being fundamentally decent and honest and willing to put others before yourself - that's necessary for being an effective policymaker.

I mentioned that I received a scholarship to Episcopalian school, and the model for the school was 'From each according to his or her ability and to each according to his or her need.' And it's something that is still really important to me in thinking about how I prioritize what I do with my life.

We need to make sure that everyone's pulling their weight and doing their fair share. Canadians get that, including the wealthy Canadians I talk to.

My mother knows struggle and has taught me how to lead with compassion, the compassion that should be required for every representative on every level of government.

I will be a president that can share a glass of soju with the public after work.

If I am more fortunate than others I need to build a longer table not a taller fence.