Political Quotes · Page 97

I'm not into smoke-filled rooms. I don't have the time for byzantine political intrigues.

— Benazir Bhutto

“His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel. Or a whore.”

— Michael Dobbs

I have no political issues that I need to seek central authorities' advice on.

— Carrie Lam

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

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save…

— Thomas Jefferson

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

— Jim Hightower

During my twenties and thirties, my interest in the political poem increased as my apparent access to it declined. I sensed resistances…

— Eavan Boland

Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals is instructive in painting a realistic portrayal of Lincoln and his methods for accomplishing his objectives.…

— Jeffrey Pfeffer

Very few issues have the support of 90 percent of Louisiana, but the support for legislation granting equal pay for equal work…

— John Bel Edwards

Where I underestimated the opposition was how willing Republicans in Congress would be to put their short-term political interests ahead of what…

— Valerie Jarrett

Netanyahu is partnering up with Boehner to kick Obama in the teeth and sabotage one of the president's top diplomatic priorities. He…

— David Corn

We are communal beings who love to get together in groups and share emotions - like sporting events, rock concerts and political…

— Nick Morgan

But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are…

— Adam Weishaupt

Vladimir Putin is a human rights abuser, responsible for deaths in Ukraine, Georgia and Syria, not to mention curious murders of his…

— Jake Tapper

Republicans define freedom as an absence of restraints imposed by government. Democrats define freedom as an absence of necessity, which government exists…

— George Will

The reality is we that have a corrupt campaign finance system which separates the American people's needs and desires from what Congress…

— Bernie Sanders

To deny political equality is to rob the ostracised of all self-respect; of credit in the market place; of recompense in the…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Our society will always remain an unstable and explosive compound as long as political power is vested in the masses and economic…

— Irving Fisher

Virtually every war fought since the Act of Union had gone badly at some stage, but before 1783 none had ended in…

— Linda Colley

The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority…

— Daniel L Dreisbach

We will continue to address things, but in as much as I want to talk about politics as they are related to…

— Chris Hardwick

Such are the mass of the supporters of either party. They derive their political opinions originally from some family tradition or some…

— Hilaire Belloc

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

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

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