Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes

My dear citizens, fellow citizens, French people, this 6th of May, have just chosen change by bringing me the presidency of the French republic. I feel the honor, which has been given to me and the task, the important task faced beyond - in front of you to serve my country.

There's no way you can win when you're the president; you've got to be the scapegoat for America's issues.

I've got three little kids at home, and I'm trying to save this country from itself. I'm not here to play political power games, and I've had enough of people playing political power games, and this has just gone on too long.

As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

I have always believed that on important issues, the leaders must lead. Where the leaders fail to lead, and people are really concerned about it, the people will take the lead and make the leaders follow.

Yes, I'm your governor now. I'll take care of you.

The President is not a God, not a miracle worker. He is a citizen.

The President can't deliver us. I'm not a package to be picked up at a department store.

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I have a vision of my country, and I cannot sit and watch things pass by.

A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

Throughout my life, I've always believed that the sole purpose of public service is to improve the lives of the people around us. From the Freeport Town Council to serving as Speaker of the State House, I've kept that sense of purpose close to my heart - consistently and passionately asking myself how we make progress.

Television has the power to push for change. We need to push it in that direction.

We need new leaders, period.

Reading a teleprompter is not what makes you presidential. It's your actions that you take, and it's democracy.

More often than politicians, but not as often as they should.

Sitting out of politics isn't really an option if you don't want things to slide.

It's so much easier to throw rocks than it is to govern.

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

I think after doing a few shows now, people are ready to put me down.

I didn't need to be speaker because I needed a fancy title or a big office. I wanted to be speaker so I could lead an effort to deal with the serious issues that are facing our country.

A President cannot always be popular.

If you got a name like Barack Obama, you're supposed to fight.

Good ideas are the backbone of good government.

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.