Political Quotes

Elon Musk

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Elon Musk is a prominent entrepreneur and business magnate, known for his role as the CEO of Tesla, Inc. and SpaceX. Born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa, Musk has become a significant figure in the technology and automotive industries. He has been instrumental in advancing electric vehicles and space exploration, with a vision to reduce global warming and make life multi-planetary. Musk has also founded several other companies, including Neuralink and The Boring Company, and has been involved in various initiatives related to artificial intelligence and renewable energy.

Quotes by year · 2014–2026485 total · peak 2025 (398)
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Feb 20, 2025

'It's not enormous,' Musk added of his security detail. 'Maybe it should be bigger.'

cbsnews.com
Feb 20, 2025

'Dude, you are worried about my security?'

cbsnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

The actions that we're taking with the support of the president and the support of the agencies is what will save Medicare, what will save Social Security.

transcripts.cnn.com
Feb 19, 2025

I think what we’re seeing here is the sort of — the thrashing of the bureaucracy as we try to restore democracy and the will of the people.

democracynow.org
Feb 19, 2025

We will make mistakes, but we’ll act quickly to correct any mistakes.

nbcnews.com
Feb 19, 2025

You know, if you ask the average person, ‘Hey, do you want to get rid of the FAA ...?’, ... Like, hell no.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

We have this fourth, unelected, unconstitutional branch which is the bureaucracy. If the bureaucracy is in charge, then what meaning does democracy actually have?

newsweek.com
Feb 18, 2025

Nobody’s going to bat a thousand.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

Balanced budget is going to happen.

nbcnews.com
Feb 18, 2025

Justice Moraes is a dictator.

cnn.com
Feb 18, 2025

Moraes is a dictator.

cnn.com
Feb 17, 2025

So you can see everything that's going on, and then you can see, am I doing something that benefits one of my companies or not? It's totally obvious.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

Now, do you know anyone that’s 150? I don’t. They should be in the Guinness Book of World Records. … So that’s a case where I think they’re probably dead.

truthout.org
Feb 17, 2025

The scrutiny on me is extreme, so it's not like I could 'get away' with something, nor do I have any incentive to do so.

newsweek.com
Feb 17, 2025

They deserve a long prison sentence.

cnn.com
Feb 17, 2025

I check with the president to make sure that this is what the president wants to happen.

cbsnews.com
Feb 17, 2025

The last spark of hope.

slate.com
Feb 17, 2025

Regulations, basically, should be default gone. Not default there, default gone.

motherjones.com
Feb 17, 2025

Now, do you know anyone that’s 150? I don’t.

truthout.org
Feb 17, 2025

These regulations are added willy-nilly all the time. So we’ve just got to do a wholesale, spring cleaning of regulation and get the government off the backs of everyday Americans so people can get things done.

motherjones.com
Feb 17, 2025

If the government has millions of regulations holding everyone back, well, it’s not freedom. We’ve got to restore freedom.

motherjones.com
Feb 17, 2025

SpaceX was forced by the government to kidnap seals, put earphones on them and play sonic boom sounds to see if they seemed upset.

newsweek.com
Feb 16, 2025

We do find it rather odd that there are quite a few people in the bureaucracy who have ostensibly a salary of a few hundred thousand dollars but somehow managed to accrue tens of millions of dollars in net worth while they are in that…

newsweek.com

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