Politics Quotes · Page 132

There are two factors in American politics that may seem strange to Europeans: race and religion.

— P. J. O'Rourke

We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.

— Jeremy Corbyn

In elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.

— Edward Brooke

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“With enough support you can be as ignorant as you want”

— Gary Heymann

Without trusting government you can't do a lot of things.

— John McCain

The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

— William Westmoreland

Government tends to believe in top-down solutions, and government fears of bottom-up solutions.

— Betsy DeVos

Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody…

— George W. Bush

The art of putting the right men in the right places is first in the science of government; but that of finding…

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

“What [Sarah] Palin so beguilingly represented ... was a form of female power that was utterly digestible to those who had no…

— Rebecca Traister

Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for…

— Barack Obama

In my view, as a country we need to rediscover some of that skepticism about government and revisit that libertarian agenda.

— Charles Kennedy

I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on…

— James Madison

The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't…

— Lloyd Cutler

If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

— Marie Lu

That's what so many people didn't understand about life. The real world is the one within the walls of homes; the outside…

— Orson Scott Card

The government does a lot, ranging from providing the infrastructure to financial support for training etc. In our time, we didn't get…

— Milkha Singh

Quietly scuttling Columbus Day sales doesn't mean they are opposed to 15th century Iberian seafarers; it just means They don't want protestors…

— James Lileks

I don't really believe in political art. I feel in my heart the purpose of art transcends cultural and class and politics.…

— Sean Lennon

If the majority is moral then why do they need to be ruled by a group of people who are power hungry…

— Stefan Molyneux

Monetary reform, if it is to be genuine and successful, must sever money and banking from politics. That's why a modern gold…

— Lawrence Reed

I love my country, by which I mean I am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout its history, who have fought…

— Ani DiFranco

My opinion is the greatest reward that any government could get is the approval of the people. If the people are happy…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I think the political is personal, and the personal is political.

— Zal Batmanglij

In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.

— Emile M. Cioran

“I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.”

— A.E. Samaan

If compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.

— Gerald R. Ford

In our time political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.

— George Orwell

“Politicians are people with easy answers for hard problems.”

— Jarod Kintz

In a free country, government is a dull and onerous responsibility. It is a parent-teacher conference.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking.

— Bertolt Brecht

If I would know how to deliver a lecture without heart, I would be a famous politician.

— John Elwin

If God gives you rights, no man and no government can take them away from you.

— Roy Moore

I trust the integrity of the British government and the British soldiers.

— Ehud Olmert

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.

— Nancy Pearcey

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits.

— Emile Capouya

The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren

— Ayn Rand

The government is one entity which can control fraud, both public and private.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.

— Richard Lamm