Politics Quotes · Page 170

Our government works best when it represents the needs of the American people, not special interests.

— Lucy McBath

I have nothing to do with politics. I came here [Yugoslavia] to play chess and nothing else.

— Bobby Fischer

Politicians against gay marriage now, are the future villains of our American History books.

— Natalie Maines

I've never been an MP in government unfortunately and only know what it's like to be in opposition.

— Luciana Berger

There's a dance of mutual destruction going on between the media and politicians.

— Carmen Lawrence

Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.

— Mahatma Gandhi

My political beliefs are my moral, quasi-religious framework.

— Ken Livingstone

Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.

— Tony Abbott

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

— Madeleine Albright

Washington politicians should not be treated any differently than any other American. That's what people are fed up with.

— Jason T. Smith

I don't have any special passion for politics, it being a never-ending merry-go-round of bosses big and small, all generally mediocre. I…

— Elena Ferrante

A lot of people are giving up on politics and thinking they can solve issues with technology. These kind of arrogant behaviors…

— Peter Sunde

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at…

— Pico Iyer

We need a new kind of politics. Not the politics of governance, but the politics of resistance. The politics of opposition. The…

— Arundhati Roy

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. -Ronald Reagan In the absence of justice,…

— Saint Augustine

I notice that freedom of expression of an E.U. member of Parliament who denounces the actions of ISIS allows the French government…

— Marine Le Pen

“To him, one of the most fascinating historical aspects of governments was their complete disregard for governing. Governments were single-minded and interested…

— Hank Quense

I think the way we look upon gender is that we're realizing that we're not that different, which is a good thing.…

— Joel Kinnaman

Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat…

— Ann Widdecombe

Of all the difficulties in a state, the temper of a true government most felicifies and perpetuates it; too sudden alterations distemper…

— Francis Quarles

A country, people, and society are in a sorry state when the guardians of its democratic values and the rule of law…

— Ronen Bergman

The U.S. government doesn't build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely…

— Peter Diamandis

“As politicians we ought not so much to ground our hopes on the reasonableness of the thing we ask, as on the…

— Thomas Paine

I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those who died in the great wars to be co-opted…

— Harry Leslie Smith

If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough.

— Milton Friedman

There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles.

— Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal

The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

“We are a nation that has a government--not the other way around.”

— Ronald Reagan

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.

— Thomas Sowell

I began as a writer and started blogging in 2001, first on politics, anonymously.

— Dana Loesch

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens.

— Edgar A Suter

A democratic government in South Africa is not a threat to white people.

— Thabo Mbeki

There is no room for politics in the Commerce Department.

— William M. Daley

'Zakhm' has no political agenda. But, it certainly says things as they are.

— Mahesh Bhatt

Our issue is local control, local government by local elected people.

— John Wall

“You want a friend in this city? [Washington, DC.] Get a dog!”

— Harry S. Truman

“Zuma had been infected by the most noxious disease of politics: greed.”

— Jacques Pauw

It would be a joke if the conduct of the victor had to be justified to the vanquished.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

To debate political objectives, views, and goals is the most American thing conceivable.

— Lou Reed

I was a political science major before I transferred into film school.

— Rick Famuyiwa