Politics Quotes · Page 122

I've set my own rules to live by. The first one is: 'Never believe ANYthing the government says.'

— George Carlin

Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government.

— Anonymous

Military missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception.

— Guido Westerwelle

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

— Evelyn Waugh

If simple, painless solutions to public problems existed, they would have been found long ago.

— Alice Rivlin

“...the wreckage of representative government is strewn with broken promises.”

— Herbert Hoover

If you do anything above party, the true hearted ones of all parties sympathize with you.

— Charles Kingsley

Let him leave the imperial court, who wishes to be virtuous. Virtue and absolute power cannot coexist.

— Lucan

“Violence isn't a Democrat or Republican problem. It's an American problem, requiring an American solution.”

— DaShanne Stokes

I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and…

— Assata Shakur

Great leaders find a way to rise above politics while at the same time keeping their party's loyalists in the fold.

— Mercedes Schlapp

When an actor ventures into politics, I want to know, what is his manifesto, how would he understand problems being faced by…

— Prakash Raj

My own early crusade for same-sex marriage, for example, is now mainstream gay politics. It wasn't when I started.

— Andrew Sullivan

I believe in public funding of elections, absolutely. But this system iscurrently very antiquated and no longer applies to modern day politics.

— Bernie Sanders

Trade deals are not the vehicle for raising or lowering standards of protection for consumers, the environment, workers or anyone else. Regulations…

— Kenneth Clarke

Those [Anti-Cubans] who attack us [Cubans] don't represent more than a fraction of 1 percent. ... You [the foreign news media] have…

— Fidel Castro

I think corporations should give more attention to this suffering and should wait to invest until there is a responsible government in…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“Whenever a party tells you national identity matters more than anything else in politics, that nationalism can sort out all the other…

— C.J. Sansom

As for me, my literary theory, like my politics, is based chiefly upon one main idea, to wit, the idea of freedom.…

— H. L. Mencken

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Historically, it is traditional and habitual for us to be inadequately prepared. This is the combined result of a number factors, the…

— Ernest King

We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Avarice, ambition, revenge or…

— John Adams

In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies…

— John Conyers

“There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead, but let me be clear: I will be putting a price…

— Kerry-Anne Walsh

We can restore that vital trust between politics and the people.

— Andrea Leadsom

Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.

— Gary Johnson

I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men.

— Jane Fonda

Republican democracy is overperfect and demands political virtues and talents far superior to our own.

— Simon Bolivar

There is always a testing of the new kid on the block in politics.

— Jane Byrne

“Lebanon: the country where everyone wants a piece while we want peace.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

The communal riots ignorance of the people and the result of political ambition are the leaders

— Mak_786

We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice.

— Paul Wellstone

“The worst stories usually make you think: 'but nobody had to die'. These are called true stories.”

— Moonshine Noire

Government is an art, not a science, and an adventure, not a planned itinerary.

— Donald Creighton

My son has autism, and I founded the government relations department at Autism Speaks.

— Elizabeth Emken

Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.

— George Brandis

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

— George Wald

The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army.

— Paul Krugman

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

— Aristotle

I didn't get into politics to play a character on TV.

— Jason Kander