“Public life in this country is too damn dominated by people who’d read more if only their lips didn’t get so tired.” — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower. — Shirley MacLaine Copy Share Image
“I've always regarded it as a test of character to dislike the Kennedys. I don't really respect anyone who falls for Camelot.” — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand. — Ernest Hollings Copy Share Image
Jesse Jackson has to get back to "I am somebody" instead of "I am some color." — Ernest Hollings Copy Share Image
You know you have a problem in American politics when they're making 'House of Cards' look normal. — Michael Kelly Copy Share Image
Hypocrisy needs to be called out in American politics, and the absurd has reached the point where it is just insufferable. — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
I've seen the film. And I'll tell you this, I'm glad Chuck Yeager isn't running for President. — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
Nobody in a leadership level in American politics is trying to inspire the American people. Everybody needs to be goosed. The vast… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If Citizens United has been an invaluable tool for the maintenance of entrenched wealth, Shelby County has been similarly vital for those… — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
On domestic policy, one of the major stories in American politics has been the growing ideological and political self-confidence of the Democratic… — Peter Beinart Copy Share Image
It seems to me there are good deficits and bad deficits. Now, we have a deficit that comes from the militarization of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The polls show that 10 percent of the public are ready to vote for me even though they don't know I'm running.… — Eugene McCarthy Copy Share Image
“American Mirror "What is now occurring with the absolute judgemental assault of one another. America is finally waking up to the reality… — johnjwillard Copy Share Image
“...sometimes offering a quality daily opinion about what’s going on in American politics feels like trying to compose a beautiful symphony using… — Caitlin Johnstone Copy Share Image
Jesse Helms wants me to move to the right, Lowell Weiker wants me to move to the left, and Teddy Kennedy wants… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“Rome became a republic in 509 B.C., after driving out its king and abolishing the monarchy. The next two centuries saw a… — Anthony Everitt Copy Share Image
Sarah Palin is a great example of someone that just stirs the pot for the sake of the attention. No vision, no… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done… — James Howard Kunstler Copy Share Image
When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would… — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
“... they only trusted the wisdom of people brighter and more worldly than themselves when it was expressed in the vocabulary and… — John Barnes Copy Share Image
For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of… — William Kristol Copy Share Image
There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent. — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed. — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Mr. Trump is changing American politics forever and his leadership and strength are desperately needed. — Brian France Copy Share Image
[Jerry Brown] is California's way of celebrating the Year of the Child. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The good news is that the president gets another chance. The bad news is that he'll be two weeks older. — Johnny Carson Copy Share Image
Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics. — George J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
There was always the paranoid strain in American politics, particularly on the Right. — Charlie Sykes Copy Share Image
I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president. — James Carville Copy Share Image
Bobby Kennedy is so concerned with poverty because he didn't have any as a kid. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular. — George Packer Copy Share Image
I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse. — Ryan Gosling Copy Share Image
You almost have to be a rock star to generate the kind of fever you need to survive in American politics. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics. — William Kristol Copy Share Image
Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote. — Jorge Ramos Copy Share Image
What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics. — Michael Kinsley Copy Share Image
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