If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me… — George P. Shultz Copy Share Image
One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I had a new idea on the way to this meeting this morning, but that doesn't mean we should put it in… — Michael D. Barnes Copy Share Image
Affirming belief that America is an exceptional nation has become a test of patriotism in American politics. — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.' — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
American politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways. — Bryce Dessner Copy Share Image
I am tired of the dumbing-down of American politics and the trend of voting without thinking. — Jackie Fuchs Copy Share Image
The first iron rule of American politics is Follow the Money. This explains, oh, about 80 percent of what goes on in Washington. — Stephen Moore Copy Share Image
Hart is still like that little tub of vaguely milklike gunk that comes with airline coffee. It is labeled a "nondairy" product.… — George Will Copy Share Image
A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters.… — Jon Meacham Copy Share Image
Conspiracy theories abound in American politics. I don't think we need to be subliminable about the differences between our views on prescription… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
This would seem to be a truism in contemporary American politics: The electorate opts for serious leaders, but almost always men who… — Alex Wagner Copy Share Image
I have fought the establishment, run primaries, my entire career. I think that for Planned Parenthood or NARAL or the Human Rights… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
The Tea Party isn't out to be a third force in American politics. Instead, it has infiltrated the Republicans and remoulded them… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
Pat Robertson is an embarrassment to the church and a danger to American politics, .. It's time for Christian leaders of all… — Jim Wallis Copy Share Image
“bolstered southern power by scrapping the rule that had once counted an African American as only three-fifths of a person for electoral… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
[If the Democratic nominee turns out to be] Walter Mondale, I hope he picks Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. It… — Hendrik Hertzberg Copy Share Image
In the early 1970s in Washington, a small group of young conservative activists came together to try and change American politics. They… — Adam Curtis Copy Share Image
I do believe that the Barack Obama administration has reached a new low by using the instruments of the state against its… — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
I'm still trying to figure out exactly what President Trump represents in American politics. But, if nothing else, he represents a way… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The meeting [in San Antonio of the National Women's Political Caucus] featured a cattle show at which a herd of Democratic candidates-… — Daniel Seligman Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that the issue of race is always present in American politics and in the politics of any multiracial… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
It was not malaise we suffered from; it was Jimmy Carter - and Walter Mondale. — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Osama Bin Laden, for all his hatred of American culture, American religion and American politics, was very fond of American dollars.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.” — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal. — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has taken American politics by storm. — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
Right now, if there's a gender gap problem, it's not Ronald Reagan with women; it's with Walter Mondale with men. — Patrick Caddell Copy Share Image
“A people without memory cannot resist tyranny, and a nation without heroes cannot produce them.” — Brutus Copy Share Image
The President is aware of what is going on. That is not to say that something is going on. — Ron Ziegler Copy Share Image
In Washington I'm thought of as a conservative, but in Tennessee I'm thought of as a Bolshevik. — Howard Baker Copy Share Image
The Democratic party today is not so much a political party as a milling herd, and the herd is easily stampeded. — Emmett Tyrrell Copy Share Image
I do think British and American politics rhyme. They go in cycles. They go in Thatcher-Reagan cycles, Blair-Clinton cycles. — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect. — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame. — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
McGovern couldn't carry the South if Rhett Butler were his running mate. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
“But honesty was a dull blade to take into a knife fight with Richard Nixon — who was simply willing to lie.” — Rick Perlstein Copy Share Image