Anyone seeking public office was not worthy to hold it.

A man who couldn’t see truth when it tried to shoot him wouldn’t live long, and didn’t deserve to.

I got shot. I always felt like I'd be shot. Somebody was trying to do me some harm because a lot of people don't like me. But I didn't think it was gonna happen at that particular moment.

I am disappointed in the Attorney General, he should not have recused himself, almost immediately after he took office, and if he was going to recuse himself he should have told me prior to taking office, and I would have quite simply picked somebody else, so I think that's a bad thing, not for the President but for the presidency, I think it's unfair to the presidency, and that's the way I feel.

If they wanted to expel me for my opinions on the Council, they should have done so 10 years ago.

If those kids had been carrying guns they would have gunned down this one gunman. … Don't pray. Learn to use guns.

Until Roy Hattersley said he would shoot himself if I became prime minister, I had not been able to see any possible advantage in standing.

If the Royal Family was going to assassinate someone, they would have gotten rid of me a long time ago.

I’ve never shot a civilian except when under orders.

would have turned 21 today if he hadn't taken a man's head and beaten it on the pavement before being shot.

...it is all wrong that a person who is going to be deemed worthy of the office should himself solicit it... for no one who is not ambitious would ask to hold office.

I would not execute [by firing squad] certain people. They should be hooked off their balls.

I voted against the nomination of Betsy DeVos, a billionaire Republican donor, because she is the most incompetent cabinet-level nominee I have ever seen.

Two years ago—even if my own life was at stake—and I am confident, if I thought a man would shoot me—I would give him a chance of keeping his life, and would part with my own; but if I knew that through him innocent persons' lives were at stake, I certainly would have to shoot him.