Political Quotes · Page 85

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

— Gough Whitlam

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

— Frank Prochaska

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 public is to the left not simply of New Labour, but the political and media classes as a whole.

— Mehdi Hasan

When I became political and Communist, it was because they were the only people I had ever met who fought the color…

— Doris Lessing

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

— William F. Buckley, Jr

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

During the 2008 election, I made clear to the Obama campaign that I don't think it's wise for me to force my…

— Questlove

But most love poetry is awful; nobody knows how to write good love poetry either. But that's not a reason not to…

— W. S. Merwin

I write about what I'm thinking about. I write about what is bothering me or what is a political, aesthetic, or ethical…

— Lynne Tillman

We have collectively to face up to the fact that in the two main political parties there are substantial disagreements on the…

— Dominic Grieve

Some people advocate public nomination and a three-track system - allowing voters and political parties to make nominations along with the committee.…

— Carrie Lam

While writing books about the past, I think about the present. It's not intentional, but somehow my books end up being written…

— Rick Perlstein

It's clear from what we have already learned that the Obama administration freely used our tax dollars for political purposes, including support…

— Tom Fitton

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of…

— Felix Adler

There are some political issues where mainstream press attention only hurts. We think about activism as being this generic model of consciousness-raising,…

— Rachel Maddow

Government, on their part, are much disposed to favor the establishment of these large companies, and to give them privileges to the…

— Antoine Destutt de Tracy

A scientist's life, the author says, is indeed conflictual, formed by battles, defeats, and victories: but the adversary is always and only…

— Primo Levi

If you look back at history or you look at any place in the world where religious groups or ethnic groups or…

— Pema Chodron

These pictures possibly give rise to questions of political content or historical truth. Neither interests me in this instance. And although even…

— Gerhard Richter

I’m not for profiling people on the color of their skin or on their religion. But I would take into account where…

— Rand Paul

But political parties must claim to be radically different from one another, and political journalism must play along, or else why exist?…

— Neil Macdonald

When I look at the chaotic and volatile debate right now, both in Germany and around the world, my impression and concern…

— Peer Steinbruck

Whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you thought would be resolved - the political class has failed you.

— Carly Fiorina

India has a law. The political parties or the religious heads have no right to control that law.

— Mohanlal

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

— Nancy Mace

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

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

— Tom Tancredo

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

— Josh Hawley

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

— Junius

In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.

— Jack Valenti

Every political card played by Jeb Bush has been Trumped; every political note played by The Donald has been Trumpeted.

— Michael R. Burch

I have a political view that is certainly progressive and radical in a certain sense.

— Susan Rosenberg

Historically, figuring out what to do to the tax code has been almost as contentious a political issue as judicial appointments.

— Kevin Hassett

From my point of view, being out is not about anything political. It's just because I can't be bothered to be in.

— Rupert Everett

I'm not a political person. I'm a techie nerd, and I enjoy the techie part. I mean, all my life, I've loved…

— Vinod Khosla

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

— Iain Banks

In my store, I don't do anything political. There are no signs up, and I'm not pushing anyone.

— Rick Harrison

I've never been a guy who plays the political game. It's either right or wrong; that's how I was raised.

— DeMarcus Cousins