Political Quotes · Page 154

Let us resolve to be masters, not the victims, of our history, controlling our own destiny without giving way to blind suspicions…

— John F. Kennedy

What was wrong with communism wasn't aberrant leadership, it was communism.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Borrowers are nearly always ill-spenders, and it is with lent money that all evil is mainly done and all unjust war protracted.

— John Ruskin

Leadership doesn't mean you remain silent on the most important political issue of our time because you're worried about reelection.

— Nancy Mace

The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.

— Junius

Meaningful ethics reform is vital to restoring public confidence in Missouri's political system.

— Josh Hawley

Organized hatred needs a single target to serve political mobilization, so no distractions can be allowed.

— Tom Tancredo

[Al] Franken is left-wing and funny. He's a pretty good political humorist.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Those life experiences that helped shaped my political beliefs are with me in every position I take and every vote that I…

— Mark Takano

As the nation's elderly population grows, dozens of industries have tried to harness the political might of older Americans for corporate goals.

— Charles Duhigg

The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this we can't risk partisan bickering and political…

— Mitt Romney

Marrying video, sound, and words can create incredibly compelling storytelling, and when you add the political piece, you get a special combination:…

— Hallie Jackson

A tax is always a sacrifice which the government demands of individuals.While it only lessens every one's personal enjoyments, it only shifts…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

I think if more members of Congress would talk about what they see and what they want to do and what they…

— Reid Ribble

In the 1970s, 'The Boys on the Bus' exposed how a clubby pack of male political reporters ruled the road to the…

— Michelle Malkin

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation…

— Anthony Kennedy

Between 1831 and 1891, US armed forces - usually the Marines - invaded Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia,…

— Michael Parenti

Well, another senator rose and said {as they always do} 'Does the gentleman yield?' They always say that - least they call…

— Will Rogers

The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full…

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

In the Rather/Bush incident, it was totally unfair. CBS was trying him and convicting him and trying to execute him on national…

— Roger Ailes

A very high fraction of America's economic problems come not from our difficulties with education or globalization or competition with the Chinese…

— Charles Ferguson

People who seek political power are, with exceptions too rare to matter, never to be trusted; at best, such people are vain…

— Donald J. Boudreaux

The more subsidized it is, the less free it is. What is known as 'free education' is the least free of all,…

— Frank Chodorov

One of the litmus tests for judicial conservatism is the idea of judicial restraint - that courts should give substantial deference to…

— Jeff Greenfield

The political maturity of a country is measured by what citizens willingly do for themselves and one another.

— Frank Prochaska

…he reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual.

— Gough Whitlam

Once you've seen certain things, you can't un-see them, and seeing nothing is as political an act as seeing something.

— Arundhati Roy

It is the RSS and the BJP that have always initiated political violence in our midst; not just in Kerala, but in…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

Some of the greatest artists did their best work when they got political.

— Alicia Keys

The media do not set their own investigative agendas independently, but operate as part ... of the political establishment.

— Peter Dale Scott

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the…

— Sonia Sanchez

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

— Ali Khamenei

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

— Leonard Mlodinow

We've never been political, and our fans like us that way. Music is supposed to be fun. But we do drop a…

— Pepa

You can't get something for nothing. Everybody remembers this except politicians.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

— Barbara Kingsolver

Policies that support families aren't political issues. They're personal. They're the causes I carry with me every single day.

— Michelle Obama

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can make it there, you can make it…

— Robert Redford

I'm not registered to any party. I don't really play in the political world. I'm really more interested in getting things done.

— Gary Sinise

I haven't made a political statement in quite a long time because, frankly, they get repeated, changed.

— Tom Selleck