Politics Quotes · Page 1,010

“Only, the way I figure, no man has the right to be ignorant. In a country like this, ignorance is a crime.…

— Louis L'Amour

“What I have here advanced is confirmed by the unanimous testimony of historians, and is extremely agreeable to the nature of things.…

— Anonymous

We are an important check on the powers of the executive. Our consent is necessary for the president to appoint jurists and…

— John McCain

“Never make friends with cheaters, liars, deceivers, agitators, saboteurs, traitors, evildoers, slanderers, backstabbers, scoundrels, dishonest collectors of funds with their tricksters wearing…

— Angelica Hopes

One sees a trend in our political and legal cultures toward treating religious beliefs as arbitrary and unimportant, a trend supported by…

— Stephen L. Carter

I've always felt at home in America. Obviously, there's down sides to everywhere - the politics of America can be hard to…

— KT Tunstall

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the…

— Ted Cruz

“What kind of cultures, societies and political structures would have emerged in a world where several different human species coexisted? How, for…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“UNDIVIDED I am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am…

— Suzy Kassem

But that's not how most of the people mentioned in this book became wealthy. Most of them became wealthy by being well…

— Charles Ferguson

You know the more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than…

— Will Rogers

Americans, too many of them, take themselves too seriously. You're going to get rapped - by the viewers, by the sponsors and…

— Johnny Carson

The US empowered the Shi'a Islamic political groups and marginalised a big part of Iraq who were recognised as Sunni people. It…

— Yanar Mohammed

One camp accepts the Court's limits on contributions but urges the reinstatement of spending caps - even if this requires a constitutional…

— Anonymous

...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty?…

— Ed Koch

“The history of philosophy, and perhaps especially of moral, social and political philosophy, is there to prevent us from becoming too readily…

— Anonymous

I think governments are quietly terrified. There's massive unemployment, a recession they don't know how to deal with, and the measures they've…

— Simon Critchley

While CNN has hired a fleet of new political reporters to beef up its coverage of these elections [2016], it also maintains…

— Donna Brazile

The ACLU spent this entire holiday season protesting public displays of the nativity scene. Yeah, that's the problem with America right now:…

— Dennis Miller

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to…

— Tom Coburn

Oklahoma residents are known for not backing down from a fight in the political arena, on the gridiron, NBA courts or rodeo…

— Tom Brokaw

“Are you the government?" He seemed surprised by the question. "Does the government fight evil?" I thought about it. For some reason,…

— Matt Ruff

“No government ought to be without censors: and where the press is free, no one ever will. If virtuous, it need not…

— Thomas Jefferson

“The arms industry and its powerful political friends have forged a parallel political universe that largely insulates itself against the influence or…

— Andrew Feinstein

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes…

— Winnie Byanyima

On trade, a Conservative government would challenge China's actions on canola and meat imports through the World Trade Organization and withdraw funding…

— Erin O'Toole

Elites are inevitable in politics. That is how politics is going to work. The question is, are your elites responsible, public-spirited? Do…

— David Frum

The president has outlined a new strategy for success in Iraq, but in order for this effort to be successful the Iraqi…

— John Boehner

When a man spends his own money to buy something for himself, he is very careful about how much he spends and…

— Milton Friedman

Often GOP political strategy seems like the human wave theory of the Chinese military translated to politics. Where Beijing uses masses of…

— Dick Morris

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments…

— Anonymous

If you establish a democracy, you must in due time reap the fruits of a democracy. You will in due season have…

— Benjamin Disraeli

No political politicians on the board and stop sub-contracting anyway, which means getting out of Iraq. If anything needs to be policed,…

— Ken Loach

I would prefer being in a hard battle; however, I will be satisfied with whatever happens to me in this war, if…

— Knute Nelson

While working on the Obama campaign as the southern political director, I had become used to long hours and the incredibly fast-paced…

— Karine Jean-Pierre

The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians…

— Michael Badnarik

Economic activity, especially the activity of a market economy, cannot be conducted in an institutional, juridical or political vacuum. On the contrary,…

— Pope John Paul II

I have never taken a job or done a job where I felt I needed to leave my conscience at the door.…

— Deval Patrick

My impression, having been in the Norwegian government for several years, is that taking a child into care is an extremely serious…

— Jonas Gahr Store

BDS is not a typical act of political correctness, undertaken by radical academics whose usual prey is the youth of America. This…

— Thom Tillis