politics Quotes

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

My view on working with any government in the world is that there are things that you will agree upon and things that you will not. And you don't want to let the things you don't mean that you don't have any interface.

A back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe... I don't support a back door for any government, ever.

I think it's smart for the United States to have some kind of tax revenue for international earnings - if that tax were reasonable.