Politics Quotes · Page 138

I would make a film with a political point of view if I agreed with it, and even, perhaps, if I didn't.

— Ridley Scott

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

— Josh Billings

We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.

— Fidel Castro

“Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate. (on the birth of his granddaughter)”

— Herbert Hoover

My first warning is to my government officers to not presume citizens as thieves.

— Narendra Modi

Companionate Conservatism - Making the streets safer before people are kicked out onto them.

— Dennis Miller

It's pretty clear that a lot of people in politics see me as a threat, and they should, because I am.

— Michael Avenatti

Running a democratic country is one of the most difficult things for any government.

— Mahathir Mohamad

We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is…

— Will Rogers

“In which, if any, of these constitutions do we find the art of ruling being practiced in the actual government of men?…

— Plato

“Unless the relationship of law to Christianity is re-established, there is no future except destruction for Western culture.”

— Anonymous

Ignore their heathen prayers and help us blow those little bastards [the Viet Cong] straight to Hell. Amen.

— Hal Moore

“Don't write in to ask whether I would prefer Gingrich to Clinton. Ask, rather, whether Clinton prefers Gingrich to you. Go triangulate…

— Christopher Hitchens

Coolidge showed that the best government was the one that got out of the way. When he refrained, the economy grew, the…

— Amity Shlaes

Our economy is broken. I'm not a politician, but neither is Donald Trump. He is a builder, and it's time to rebuild…

— Peter Thiel

One cannot build life from refrigerators, politics, credit statements and crossword puzzles. That is impossible. Nor can one exist for any length…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“We should by now have learned that politics remains national, even if economics does not: the history of the 20th century offers…

— Tony Judt

I am in favor of carrying out the Declaration of Independence to women as well as men. Women having to suffer the…

— Leland Stanford

Today religion is increasingly pushed aside by secularizing influences such as the university, the media, and politics. Rather than having a major…

— Paul Copan

“The world of any moment is the merest appearance. Some great decorum, some fetish of government, some ephemeral trade, or war, or…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“...we have seen that the priests regard the state as an enemy to be exploited, it is only natural that our politicians…

— Liam O'Flaherty

During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer…

— Charles Kennedy

For the past 15 years or so, British governments have tried to persuade the rest of us that the best judges of…

— Neal Ascherson

“Government, however, has its sole legitimate function in preventing the violation of the lives, liberties, and properties of its constituents. It is…

— Joseph Befumo

If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs.

— John Templeton

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties

— Toba Beta

I've always been interested in politics, and I would like to make a difference in people's lives.

— Shawn Bradley

The government has once again made the right socially acceptable.

— Elfriede Jelinek

[The judiciary is] the least dangerous branch of our government.

— Alexander Bickel

We spent a lot of time talking about politics at home. We went to the camp at Greenham Common.

— Liz Truss

You know, I guess I'm like any other political figure: Everybody wants to be loved.

— George W. Bush

Politics may come and go, but Greed goes on forever.

— Vernor Vinge

As for myself, 'total liberal outlook on life and politics' is not an accurate description.

— John Harwood

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

— Craig Ferguson

They say politics is a contact sport, and I have to agree with that.

— Steve Largent

What politics I ever learned, I learned in the streets, because it was part of the environment.

— Bob Dylan

“I am far more fearful of the USA government than I am of North Korea.”

— Steven Magee

It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office.

— William Weld

“The revolutionary government was required to become the government of the war.”

— Albert Camus