Politics Quotes · Page 141

Politics, just like the tropical forest, feeds itself from its own waste.

— Paul Carvel

The public want honesty from their politicians. Not showy gimmicks.

— Theresa May

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.

— Arthur Hugh Clough

I do think actually in this case the government does get credit for funding some of the basic research.

— Steve Case

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

— Henry Louis Mencken

Something is wrong with our government when I see people using food stamps and an iPhone.

— Anonymous

“Terrorists have no need for the nuances of politics. Of”

— Bobby Akart

Politics in America is like stale bread. It's so yada yada that the best among us can hardly stand it.

— Marianne Williamson

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting…

— Bob Black

Our courts and law, our on-going experiment in self-governance, these parts of our social fabric are precious.

— Cal Cunningham

I ran the high school newspaper and was in student government. I played sports my whole life but was never picked as…

— Bing Gordon

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of…

— Donald Kagan

I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead…

— Aminu Kano

When you turn your heart and your life over to Christ, when you accept Christ as the savior, it changes your heart.

— George W. Bush

Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult.

— Norman Finkelstein

Benjamin Netanyahu understands that the standing ovation he got in Congress this year was not for his politics. That ovation was bought…

— Thomas Friedman

If resources become scarce, people tend to fight for them. This is increasing the number of people on the move and the…

— Antonio Guterres

“You need an argument, and the nature of any argument is that its validity doesn't depend on who you are. [...] When…

— Sam Harris

I think people get so frustrated with Washington, D.C.That's why they're so angry with the - the electorate is so angry with…

— Chris Christie

...and for that they were rich,/And robbed the poor; and for that they were strong,/And scourged the weak; and for that they…

— Henry Taylor

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their…

— John Avlon

The attempt to isolate economics from other disciplines-notably politics, history, philosophy, finance, constitutional theory and sociology-has fatally disabled its power to explain…

— Will Hutton

Political reform need not go hand in hand with economic liberalization.. I hold unconventional views about this.. I do not believe if…

— Lee Kuan Yew

I don't know how many parts I've lost because a lot of the politics in California are very conservative, and I'm fairly…

— James Cromwell

“I used to think my father had been assigned to us by the government.”

— Akhil Sharma

Politics is the name we give to the orchestration of power in any society.

— Robert McKee

“When we fight wars, money is no object. When we choose peace, we ration every penny.”

— Joel Berg

I believe there should be political consequences for politicians who commit voter suppression.

— Jason Kander

“Many Christians have put the political cart before the theological horse.”

— Michael Babcock

The Senate is where the issues are, and most people there are career politicians.

— Mike Braun

The Bible is the supreme law that all governments must obey.

— Randall Terry

Environmental laws were not passed to protect our air and water, they were passed to get votes.

— Frank Zappa

Everybody knows that there's a liberal, that there's a heavy liberal persuasion among correspondents.

— Walter Cronkite

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.

— Henri Queuille

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

— Jimmy Carter

If government could create jobs and raise children, socialism would have worked.

— George Gilder

The protection of these faculties is the first object of government.

— James Madison

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

— Paul Theroux

Politics is no longer being fought on traditional political lines.

— Luciana Berger

“Governments had socialized the liabilities of the core institutions of the global financial system.”

— Martin Wolf