Political Quotes · Page 113

People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.

— Thomas Frank

Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests.

— Andy Stern

Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.

— Monica Crowley

Anytime someone is screaming in public, it's political, or whatever. I don't know a smart way to phrase that.

— Sarah Sherman

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy,

— Mary Cheney

The international community will not accept such threats to the political process.

— Bernardino Leon

If we were real domestic terrorists, shoot, President Obama would be wanting to pal around with us, wouldn't he?

— Sarah Palin

Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever.

— Lord Chesterfield

Leftism has influenced the literary, academic, media, and, therefore, the political elite far more than any other religion. It has taken over…

— Dennis Prager

The development of a kind heart, or feeling of closeness for all human beings, does not involve any of the kind of…

— Dalai Lama

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on…

— Hillary Clinton

Political poetry is more profoundly emotional than any other-at least as much as love poetry-and cannot be forced because then it becomes…

— Pablo Neruda

If in a democratic country nothing can be permanently achieved save through the masses of the people, it will be impossible to…

— Jane Addams

I think, you know, architecture should not just be something that follows up on events but be a leader of events ...…

— Lebbeus Woods

I'm someone who believes that all political campaigns need to be grassroots-driven. Commercials can only get you so far. Mail can only…

— Katie Hill

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political…

— Sal Albanese

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying that you understand your…

— Jose Saramago

All this [Soviet labor camp for political prisoners] brings about one marked change in your physical appearance; by the end of your…

— Irina Ratushinskaya

There are two ways that you can gain territory from another group. One is by conquest. That's essentially the way we took…

— Eugene McCarthy

The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what…

— David Simon

I'm bad at thinking about society. I love to make fun of very small aspects. For instance the privacy rules we have…

— Lore Segal

Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution…

— William E. Gladstone

I think, people who remain in the political sphere as opposed to going into the private sector, really what they're looking at…

— Beau Willimon

If an aircraft is able to fly day and night without fuel, propelled only by solar energy, let no one claim that…

— Bertrand Piccard

I think that if I would talk on a political subject, if I talk about it, it would divide the audience on…

— Billy Graham

The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process,

— Hoshyar Zebari

I ask everyone with political responsibility to remember two things: human dignity and the common good.

— Pope Francis

In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.

— Mike D

Without patriotic political education, a soldier is only a potential criminal.

— Thomas Sankara

My Worst Political Move of the 2015 Year. John Boehner inviting Benjamin Netanyahu to address the joint session of Congress.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

Our new faith-based laws have removed government as a roadblock to people of faith who hear the call.

— George W. Bush

Flint and its lead contaminated water are now the focus of sustained national attention including political attention.

— Rachel Maddow

I think that we are at a point in our country where we're trying to decide what role should religion play in…

— Nikki Haley

The more fear confrontational activism can put into the heart of the political class, the better.

— Glenn Greenwald

Ambition, and Covetousnesse are Passions that are perpetually incumbent, and pressing.

— Thomas Hobbes

My major political identity has been as her spouse for the last decade and I like it that way.

— William J. Clinton

No man is fit to be a Senator...unless he is willing to surrender his political life for great principle.

— Henry F. Ashurst

The idea behind Mediaite was always to focus on the punditry, focus on the personalities behind the political media.

— Dan Abrams

Humanitarian appeals always help. They penetrate deeper than political tradeoffs.

— Jesse Jackson

For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.

— Joe Klein