Political Quotes · Page 114

The Labor Party is a party of conviction. The Liberal Party is a party of convenience.

— Paul Keating

We have a political culture of intimidation, of favoring, of patronage, and of fear, and that is no way for a community…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to…

— Rick Santorum

Having parents who were hard working, blue collar, and staunchly independent, neither political party's positioning really impressed me.

— Kurt Bills

Making art in America is sort of a political statement in and of itself. It's not the best environment for that sometimes.

— Steve Earle

My theory is this; I'm not a political songwriter. I'm an honest songwriter.

— Billy Bragg

Both political parties have their good times and bad times, only they have them at different times.

— Will Rogers

You don't have to wait till your party's in power to have an impact on life at home and around the world.

— William J. Clinton

I've been interested in cartooning all my life. I read the comics as a kid, and I did cartoons for high school…

— Bill Watterson

Women's art, political art - those categorisations perpetuate a certain kind of marginality which I'm resistant to. But I absolutely define myself…

— Barbara Kruger

It's hard to think of anything that is more socially beneficial than raising children well. It needs to be valued and respected,…

— Kerry Healey

Speaking for the nation as a whole entails understanding and feeling the pain, as well as understanding the aspiration of the different…

— David Blunkett

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes…

— Juan Somavia

If one limb of the body is defected or inflicted with, disease, the whole feels tha pai. Some way if any department,…

— Chanakya

I think a nuclear detonation is society-altering in ways that other attacks, even as horrific as 9/11, are not. This isn't because…

— Valerie Plame

Surgeon generals are appointed by presidents, but our work isn't about politics. Our highest duty to to the public. Our true guide…

— Vivek Murthy

The work of an intellectual is not to mould the political willof others; it is, through the analyses that he does in…

— Michel Foucault

To date, we've arrested or otherwise dealt with many key commanders of al Qaeda... All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have…

— George W. Bush

At present, the United States, with over 700 foreign military bases, navies in every ocean, a programme to militarise space, and drone…

— Richard A. Falk

There is little doubt that, until 1846 when he helped to engineer the resignation of Robert Peel, Disraeli was driven by an…

— Christopher Hibbert

Putin has made life difficult for a lot of Russia's richest men; they don't like the sanctions; they don't like the war…

— Anne Applebaum

Karabakh conflict has a strong influence on the political climate both in Azerbaijan and Armenia. It is obvious, too, that the Azerbaijani…

— Garry Kasparov

More than 2 million people found themselves behind bars at the turn of the twenty-first century, and millions more were relegated to…

— Michelle Alexander

Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed…

— Tom Clancy

My political position is that I'm happy to be alive and in North America.

— David Letterman

Landing on 'Morning Joe' wasn't a fluke. I was a poli sci major in college. I interned at the CBS political unit,…

— Willie Geist

I do think that for a queer person to speak truthfully without shame about their own experiences is political.

— Liv Bruce

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

— Bell Hooks

Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the…

— Gore Vidal

Being born, especially being born a person of color, is a political act in itself.

— Andres Serrano

Data allow your political judgments to be based on fact, to the extent that numbers describe realities.

— Hans Rosling

We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.

— Nguyen Cao Ky

Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan's poetry took it to a new level.

— Jay Michaelson

I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.

— Clement Attlee

Freedom of speech...Freedom of worship...Freedom from want...Freedom from fear.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

America's political system used to be about the pursuit of happiness. Now More and more of us want to stop chasing it…

— Jonah Goldberg

Our opinions agree as to the evil, moral, political, and economical, of slavery.

— James Madison

The greatest and most powerful revolutions often start very quietly, hidden in the shadows. Remember that.

— Richelle Mead

I keep wondering if everybody on the political left had someone who they were separated at birth from.

— Abigail Disney

The fact that Hitler was a political genius unmasks the nature of politics in general as no other fact can.

— Wilhelm Reich