I think if this country gets any kinder it’s literally going to cease to exist. Donald Trump, cited Playboy March 1990
I’ve really tried to stay away from them [Mafia] as much as possible … Very nice people … You just don’t want to owe them money. Donald Trump, television interview 2019
I want to just thank everybody. In particular, God. I want to just say, We love you, God. And we love our great Military. Protect them. Donald Trump
I would bomb the shit out of ’em. Donald Trump, cited A Very Heavy Agenda
My life is seeing everything in terms of How would I handle that? Look at the war in Iraq and the mess that we’re in. I would never have handled it that way. Does anybody really believe that Iraq is going to be a wonderful democracy where people are going to run down to the voting box and gently put in their ballot and the winner is happily going to step up to lead the county? C’mon. Two minutes after we leave, there’s going to be a revolution, and the meanest, toughest, smartest, most vicious guy will take over. And he’ll have weapons of mass destruction, which Saddam didn’t have. What was the purpose of this whole thing? Hundreds and hundreds of young people killed. And what about the people coming back with no arms and legs? Not to mention the other side. All those Iraqi kids who’ve been blown to pieces. And it turns out that all of the reasons for the war were blatantly wrong. All this for nothing! Donald Trump, Esquire magazine August 2004
My philosophy is always to hire the best from the best. Donald Trump, Trump: The Art of the Deal 1987
I like thinking big. I always have. To me it’s very simple: if you’re going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big. Most people think small, because most people are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning. And that gives people like me a great advantage. ibid.
I wasn’t satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement. ibid.
The point is that you can’t be too greedy. ibid.
Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game. ibid.
No nation is more prepared or more resilient than the United States. The virus will not have a chance against us. We are all in this together. Donald Trump, cited Pandemic 2020 II: The Great Divide
The egg prices are down 87%. But nobody talks about that. You can have all the eggs you want. We have too many eggs in fact. If anything, the prices are getting too low. So I just wanted to let you know. Donald Trump
The Congo in Africa. Many many people come from the Congo. I don’t know what that is but they came from the Congo … Oh and by the way I took my cognitive test. Donald Trump
The US cannot allow Ebola-infected people back. People that go to far away places to help out are great – but must suffer the consequences! Donald Trump, Twitter 2014
They’ll walk up and they’ll flip their top and they’ll flip their panties. Donald Trump, interview The Howard Stern Show
They’re eating the dogs. They’re eating the cats. They’re eating the pets of the people who live there. Donald Trump, presidential TV debate
We’re looking at Tik-Tok. We may be banning Tik-Tok. Donald Trump, 2020
We will be creating so much electricity that you’ll be saying, Please, please, Mr President, we don’t want any more electricity. We can’t stand it. You’ll be begging me, No more electricity, sir. We have enough. We have enough. Donald Trump
We will build a great wall along the southern border. Donald J Trump
We’re going to have tremendous goodies in the bag for women too. The woman. Fertilisation and all the other things we talk about. It’s going to be great … I’ll be known as the Fertilisation President. Donald Trump
What a beautiful term groceries. It sort of says a bag with different things in it.’ Donald Trump
‘When you get these terrorists, you have to take out their families.’ Donald Trump, cited A Very Heavy Agenda
Where there’s so much water, they don’t know what to do with it. You know, It’s called rain. It rains a lot in certain places. But er no. Their idea – you know, did you see the other day they just went, I opened it up, they closed it again; I opened it, they close it; washing machines to wash your dishes. There’s a problem. They don’t want you to have any water. Donald Trump
Why can’t we use nuclear weapons? Donald Trump, cited MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough
You have to treat ’em [women] like s*** [sic]. Donald Trump cited Julie Baumgold, article New York magazine ‘Fighting Back: Trump Scrambles off the Canvas’
You know, I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — I just start kissing them. It’s like a magnet. Just kiss. I don’t even wait. When you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything … Grab ’em by the pussy. You can do anything. Donald Trump, to Billy Bush 2005
You look at, you look at countries, Austria, you look at so many countries, they live in the forest, they’re considered forest cities, so many of them ... and they have more explosive trees. Donald Trump
You’re gambling with World War III. And what you’re doing is disrespectful to the country, this country.’ Donald Trump to Zelenskyy
You take an airplane. It costs you $2. It costs you nothing. You take an airplane. Donald Trump