Political Quotes · Page 78

I was born on a farm. My strength has nothing to do with political apparatus. I get my strength from nature, from…

— Ariel Sharon

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

— Woodrow Wilson

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.

— Tony Blankley

The country needs the political work of women today as much as it has ever needed woman in any other work at…

— Judith Ellen Foster

None of Ho Chi Minh's colleagues was as dedicated to the use of political struggle, psychological warfare, and diplomatic means as he…

— William J. Duiker

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed.

— Anthony Daniels

I would not want to live in a country that would have me as a leader in any sort of political bent.

— Tom Hanks

The anchor in our world today is freedom, holding us steady in times of change, a symbol of hope to all the…

— George H. W. Bush

Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilisation in World War Two. We have everything we need except political…

— Al Gore

Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases…

— Albert Einstein

President Eisenhower saw it coming, and it is here. Patriotism no longer exists among many of these corporations. Some companies have more…

— Byron Dorgan

Economic development is something much wider and deeper than economics, let alone econometrics. Its roots lie outside the economic sphere, in education,…

— Anonymous

Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press,…

— Mitt Romney

I think Britain needs to get out there on the world stage and make itself heard. And for much of my political…

— George Osborne

I think a lot of concern of the people in the north is that one hears constant reports in talking to them…

— Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu

Humanity has experienced many revolutionary changes over the course of history: revolutions in agriculture, in science, industrial production, as well as numerous…

— Daisaku Ikeda

If you work through the existing structures you are going to be corrupted. By working through political system that poisons the atmosphere,…

— Howard Zinn

“unlike Winston, she had grasped the inner meaning of the Party's sexual puritanism. It was not merely that the sex instinct created…

— Orwell.G

Received as I am by the members of a legislature the majority of whom do not agree with me in political sentiments,…

— Abraham Lincoln

For decades, since the mid-twentieth century, the nationalist movement, and Fatah in particular, has dominated the political scene. Palestinian politics were primarily…

— Hanan Ashrawi

The autobiographer looks at life through the lens of his or her own life and really uses herself or himself as the…

— Maya Angelou

It's not the possibility of Stalinism in the U.S. that's worrying me, it's the fact that the Stalinist C.P. seems doomed to…

— John Dos Passos

[American] conformism might approximate collectivism, not so much in economic respects, and not too much in political respects, but very much in…

— Paul Tillich

We ain't gonna fight no reactionary pigs who run up and down the street being reactionary; we're gonna organize and dedicate ourselves…

— Fred Hampton

'You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity, by legislating the wealthy out of PROSPERITY!'

— Andrew Guzaldo

Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.

— Stephanie Coontz

Why shouldn't a child look to want to be a political figure, to change our nation, to lead us the right directions?

— will.i.am

In the Constitution, there is no idea of a political party. It is representatives of every constituency because it is so vibrant…

— Prakash Raj

The smartest people in Washington are the political reporters. They write about their inferiors.

— Joseph Heller

The disconnect between what people think and what the political leaders are actually doing is something that we really need to start…

— Peter Maurer

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

— Vicky Hartzler

The central con of the political coalition assembled by Ronald Reagan and maintained by his successors was that government was a common…

— Timothy Noah

“Certainly, I approve of political opinions, but there are people who do not know where to stop.”

— Victor Hugo

I'm not sure how we got to a place in which it's considered a political act to buy fast food, but here…

— Cord Jefferson

Indeed, many Singaporeans hope the opposition can unite and coordinate their efforts so as to become a more relevant political force.

— Pritam Singh

I started my political life in the Resistance. It was there that I had my first responsibility.

— Francois Mitterrand

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

— Romano Prodi

My responsibility is to make a film and find my dramatic language; I don't have any political or social responsibility.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

Republicans want smaller government for the same reason crooks want fewer cops; it's easier to get away with murder.

— James Carville