Political Quotes · Page 115

My associates and I always allied with Netanyahu in complicated political maneuvers.

— Ayelet Shaked

What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.

— Mark Twain

People and organizations should not be silenced because of their political beliefs, especially by a government agency.

— Ronny Jackson

It is not with architecture that one can disseminate any political ideology.

— Oscar Niemeyer

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If voters care about parking lots, then talk about…

— Newt Gingrich

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

— Hooman Majd

The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.

— Vladimir Lenin

I just want to work with legislative council members from across the political spectrum to get things done.

— Carrie Lam

So what is government?... Very simply, it is an agency of coercion. Of course, there are other agencies of coercion - such…

— Harry Browne

If your book is set in the plantation days of the slave-owning South and you write a little romance between two slave…

— Mohsin Hamid

The right honorable gentleman [Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke] is the first of the new party who has retired into his political cave…

— John Bright

The Prime Minister seems now to be basing his re-election campaign on this plot line. He is saying to the Australian people,…

— Julia Gillard

With 'Delirium,' I had to spend time thinking about the political, social and religious structure of a different world. But it was…

— Lauren Oliver

Political conflicts distort and disturb a people's sense of distinction between matters of importance and matters of urgency. What is vital is…

— John Grierson

Country [China] needs to continue opening up and keep connecting. It needs to realize that the world has become one. The old…

— Zhang Xin

Both conservatives and liberals watch 'Parks and Recreation,' and they each think the show is for them, which is really cool. 'SNL'…

— Amy Poehler

I think it's a good thing that we can have relatively non-partisan political conversations because I don't think that my premier necessarily…

— Naheed Nenshi

I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics.…

— Sean Lennon

Is Christianity just another special-interest group, clawing for political power? Or, even if Christians are acting as God's spokesmen, must Christians always…

— Gary North

One of the most perplexing political questions of the late 20th century is how new democracies should punish deposed dictators and their…

— Stephen Kinzer

I was influenced by the political environment of our country that has just gained freedom from British colonialism. And the seminal figures…

— Deepak Chopra

You've got to deploy serious political assets around a plan [in Darfur]. And the George W.] Bush administration has never had a…

— Samantha Power

We must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect war may have on them. To assess these things in…

— Carl von Clausewitz

America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with…

— Hassan Nasrallah

While there are many moderate Muslims, Islam's political ideology is radical and has global ambitions.

— Geert Wilders

Politics [is] the art of achieving the maximum amount of freedom for individuals that is consistent with the maintenance of social order.

— Anonymous

I don't ever recall having a political argument with Bob Grant. I've known him a long time. I've always liked him.

— Mario Cuomo

Liberation tolerates no limits, be they political, cultural, religious, or even natural.

— Michael J. Knowles

It's a law of our natures, especially when the political fit is on us, to applaud where we already approve, and deride…

— Howard Jacobson

The north-south line of 'the mountains,' meaning the Cascade Range, forty miles east of Seattle, is a rigid political frontier.

— Jonathan Raban

At that time [1954], as a result of political events, I was deeply preoccupied by my relations with the Communist Party.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

Infected by political ideology, if you dare question climate models, your career is done.

— Greg Gutfeld

These days, the House Republicans actually give John Boehner a harder time than they give me. Which means orange really is the…

— Barack Obama

People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.'

— Serj Tankian

We are doing politics differently - smart, populist, political movement.

— Maxime Bernier

Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious.

— Colin Tudge

Culture and politics were inseparable [in the Sixties], which gave a soundtrack to political awareness and activism.

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

For me, the lame part of the Sixties was the political part, the social part. The real part was the spiritual part.

— Jerry Garcia

It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy -…

— Walt Whitman

It's a shame and a disgrace that so few people take part in the political process.

— John Lewis