American politics Quotes · Page 7

The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.

— Jack Kemp

Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling.

— Argus Hamilton

Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.

— George McGovern

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

— Ambrose Bierce

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.

— Barack Obama

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.

— Ronald Reagan

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

— Theodore White

Deepfakes - seemingly authentic video or audio recordings that can spread like wildfire online - are likely to send American politics into…

— Ben Sasse

“Through a process of transference, leftists blame their victims for being and doing what they themselves are and do. In a sick…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America's vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of…

— Alan Cranston

I wish it were simply a nightmare, but I think that any reasonable person watching American politics would come to the conclusion…

— Robert Reich

After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator,…

— Dee Dee Myers

From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into…

— N. T. Wright

They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections…

— Allen Ginsberg

For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and…

— Herbert Stein

Senator John McCain is unlike anybody else in not - not just in the Senate but in American politics. He's unlike anybody…

— Rachel Maddow

There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We…

— Charles Krauthammer

I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam…

— Max Cleland

The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent.…

— Dick Morris

“American politics had two fatal flaws - flaws that led to its downfall.  The first was corruption.  Politicians lied with almost every…

— Richard Stephenson

“It’s not like they didn’t know who he was. The year before, in 2015, Politico magazine ranked Dave number two in its…

— Corey R. Lewandowski

“One of the most important but least recognized facts in American politics is that Republicans tend to win in places where more…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.

— Chuck Palahniuk

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics.

— Ross Douthat

When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.

— Jesse Jackson

For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon.

— David Lammy

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions.

— Robert Dallek

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout…

— Anonymous

The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.

— Lester Maddox

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.

— Joy-Ann Reid

You can never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to wet their finger and hold it in the wind.

— Ronald Reagan

Glenn must think he's still in space. He's orbiting the issues faster than he orbited earth.

— Ernest Hollings

The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.

— Ronald Reagan

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

— Danny Strong

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

— John Gunther

We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

— Jerry Brown

I like to think of myself as an active American in our politics, but I get lost sometimes watching everything.

— Carmen Carrera

“In the high-octane, low responsibility world of American politics it was better to be seen as crazy than weak.”

— Richard Peters