Politics Quotes · Page 165

I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.

— DeRay Mckesson

Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.

— Frank Dane

I don't believe that politics has to be part of the sporting world.

— Zico

I'm drawn to the magical efficacies of language as a political act.

— Anne Waldman

I think few people of education enter politics because it seems like a contact blood sport.

— Sherry Turkle

Politicians should be judged on their actions, rather than necessarily their views on scripture.

— Jo Swinson

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

No one likes to see a government folder with his name on it.

— Stephen King

A party is the vanguard of a class, and its duty is to lead the masses and not merely to reflect the…

— Vladimir Lenin

I wanted to do a political film that is as nonpartisan as can be, because I wanted to do a story that…

— Paul Haggis

I'm so bored of tribal politics. That's part of the problem. I'm so bored of it. I'm not a tribalist. That's not…

— David Lammy

Once the government runs out of foreign and private sector bidders for new Treasurys, the Federal Reserve will be the only buyer,…

— Peter Schiff

There is so much politics and whatever in football and I just can't wait to see the back of it, to be…

— Danny Rose

Maybe I am naive, but I don't think talking about the Holocaust with total and complete cynicism is possible for Israeli politicians.…

— Timothy D. Snyder

“Look at those mountains. They go straight up, smooth as a politician denying he ever made a campaign promise.”

— Philip José Farmer

At the present time, the alternative is not between change or no change, but between change for the better and change for…

— C. H. Douglas

I respect people who are willing to deal with everything that comes with being a politician, but I'm not willing to deal…

— John Legend

“In 1956, his government put forward a proposal to bar student groups from political activities. The reaction was swift: militant Chinese students…

— Anonymous

We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way…

— Barbara Jordan

“It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted…secretly, it…

— Thomas Pynchon

Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my…

— Vivek Shraya

Censorship' is a term pertaining only to governmental action. No private action is censorship. No private individual or agency can silence a…

— Ayn Rand

“It pained him that he did not know well what politics meant and that he did not know where the universe ended.…

— James Joyce

If the authorities constrain banks and are aware of the activities of fringe banks and other financial institutions, they are in a…

— Hyman Minsky

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan understand that government does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs do.

— Ted Cruz

When politicians say your voice does not matter because the NRA owns them, we say, 'No more.'

— David Hogg

America wants solutions. America wants a leader. No more tabloid politics.

— Alveda King

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.

— Alan Greenspan

My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me.

— George Carlin

I never understood the idea of canceling a show when you don't like the politics of a specific state.

— Jack Antonoff

Stereotyping is their fuel, as generalization-free world would end their rule.

— Mohit Sharma

The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare.

— Anonymous

An order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.

— Mason Cooley

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

— Anonymous

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

— Jim Hightower

The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.

— Silvio Berlusconi

I've led a life working at every level of government, from Congress to local government.

— Kathy Hochul

To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate.

— Mark Steyn

I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power.

— Benjamin Franklin