Political Quotes · Page 172

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

— Preston Manning

The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as are injurious to others.

— Thomas Jefferson

Religion's crucial role in the lives of many people... is rejected out of hand by the political community, especially the press.

— Fred Barnes

Political scientists almost everywhere have promoted the expansion of government power. They have functioned as the clergy of oppression.

— Rudolph Rummel

I never felt comfortable with making political decisions based on whether, you know, it was the right thing to do in terms…

— Jeb Bush

Always and everywhere, the only serious political issue is what the state should and should not do. All the rest distracts.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever.

— Cynthia Ozick

I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.

— Barack Obama

Unfortunately, most gun control advocates are not really interested in rational debate, and their political games simply send Alice chasing white rabbits…

— Bob Barr

Many Jews are not Zionists and many non-Jews are. Zionism is a political movement, not a race. To say Zionism is the…

— David Icke

There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like…

— Alan Moore

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great…

— Sarah Jessica Parker

Protectionism, socialism, all varieties of state favoritism and restrictions on competition, and the growth of bureaucracy and jobbery were the means by…

— Ralph Raico

The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till…

— Stephen Johnson Field

The god who presides over the Judeo-Christian belief system bears a disquieting resemblance to those imperfect creations known as human beings. This…

— Michael Parenti

Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with…

— Thomas Sowell

The only feasible solution is a political reconciliation... Mr. President, the time is now to put pressure on the Iraqi government to…

— Mike Coffman

We Communists never conceal our political views. Definitely and beyond all doubt, our future or maximum program is to carry China forward…

— Mao Zedong

I think I have in fact been situated in most of the squares on the political checkerboard, one after another and sometimes…

— Michel Foucault

A certain type of person strives to become a master over all, and to extend his force, his will to power, and…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What acquaintance have the people at large with the arena of political rectitude, with the connections of kingdoms, the resources of national…

— Charles James Fox

Gandhi has sound economic and cultural reasons for encouraging the revival of cottage industries, but he does not counsel a fanatical repudiation…

— Paramahansa Yogananda

As a final crash of self-indulgent nonsense, when the incontrovertible truth of your panoramic and murderous deceit has even begun to cost…

— Keith Olbermann

Obviously, Donald Trump won't be impeached or removed so long as the Republicans hold even one House of Congress. And even should…

— David Frum

I don't believe it's appropriate for me or any other CEO to wade into every political dispute. That's not what we're here…

— Kenneth Frazier

I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.

— Jim Lynch

I am a great believer in planning- economic, social, political, military, total world planning.

— Nelson Rockefeller

In our pugilistic take-no-prisoners era, preaching grace toward those on the other side of the political fence is decidedly countercultural.

— Kirsten Powers

“Philosophy is the science of first principles, those which before being considered empirically or formally, are uncertain”

— Frederico Rochaferreira

Every organization of men, be it social or political, ultimately relies on man's capacity for making promises and keeping them.

— Hannah Arendt

Compromise: An agreement between two men to do what both agree is wrong.

— Lord Edward Cecil

Term limits would cure both senility and seniority- both terrible legislative diseases.

— Harry S. Truman

Football unites, and no one can use a football platform for political means.

— Julen Lopetegui

I've always been a big fan of how Woody Guthrie wrote political songs like 'This Land is Your Land.'

— Ryan Bingham

A Diogenesian search for an honest person would rarely lead to the author of a memoir.

— Tony Blankley

The unforgivable political sin is vanity; the killer diet is sour grapes.

— Neil Kinnock

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

— Chanakya

Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.

— Stanley Milgram

I'm not a daily reporter. I'm not a newspaper reporter, I'm not a political reporter.

— Michael Wolff

The greatest sin of political imagination: Thinking there is no other way except the filthy rotten system we have today.

— Shane Claiborne