Politics Quotes · Page 173

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

I do not think it's good public policy to put 300,000 more Mississippians on government health care.

— Tate Reeves

Stop trying to control. Let go of fixed plans and concepts, and the world will govern itself.

— Laozi

I'm into politics - I'm interested in the election and how pissed off people get.

— Pauly Shore

As an athlete, there are limits to my ability to reach out, a platform that politics can offer.

— Dutee Chand

“Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.”

— Samuel Butler

If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

— George W. Bush

I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.

— Sam Wyly

For members who have only ever been in government, the negativity and aggressiveness of the opposition is easy to caricature.

— Jason Kenney

“Fookin' Irish, they're a race of political masochists, they love their fookin' chiefs and princes an' a strong hand belting. It's like…

— Gwyneth Jones

[A]lthough a republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible.

— Thomas Jefferson

“Why then should we form our political judgment on the basis of zero investment? We get what we pay for.”

— Timothy Snyder

One of my theories about why we've been cranky is Australians have been forced to focus on politics or party politics a…

— Yitzhak Rabin

There is in government a living impulse to extend itself indefinitely; and there is in freedom a necessity to resist that impulse.

— Garet Garrett

I think Karl Rove saw that in George W. Bush early on and understood the impact that he could have on Texas…

— Ed Gillespie

Government should create the environment and incentives to stimulate investment in sustainable innovation, take away barriers, and accelerate adoption, even in turbulent…

— Frans van Houten

“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister... "I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster…

— R.D. Ronald

In our election manifesto is: we keep the right to create money and to bring in circulation, for the cause of the…

— William Jennings Bryan

The good news, to relieve all this gloom, is that a democracy is inherently self-correcting. Here, the people are sovereign. Inept political…

— Theodore C. Sorensen

I think the country could be spared a lot of agony and the government could worry about inflation and a lot of…

— William J. Clinton

Pretty much at all times music motivates me. How can I say this without sounding in any way proud of myself? Obviously…

— Eddie Vedder

I'm not saying that all politicians are awful. I don't know any of them well enough to say whether they're awful or…

— Peter Capaldi

Of course, you have politics, the Vietnam war and all that monkey business. There are all kinds of reasons. At every one…

— Garry Winogrand

The overarching conventional wisdom - what everyone from government experts to my French girlfriends take as articles of faith - is that…

— Pamela Druckerman

In war as in politics, Neave's attitude was always to get on with it.

— Kemi Badenoch

Why should the government subsidize intellectual curiosity?

— Ronald Reagan

“A Reforma Política é importante, mas nenhuma reforma será maior do que a conscientização popular.”

— Victor Bello Accioly

For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

— Thomas Hobbes

I have rarely seen the government do anything that was effective.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

— Aneurin Bevan

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Probably being in politics is the worst place for me to be.

— Jacinda Ardern

Democracy is a very admirable form of government - for dogs

— Edgar Allan Poe

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

— Randy Newman

The politicians say 'we' can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians.

— Steve Forbes

You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so.

— Anonymous

Gridlock is great. My motto is, 'Don't just do something. Stand there.'

— William Safire

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

— Tacitus

I always saw politics as an expansion of my role as a mom.

— Nancy Pelosi

You have to know what you are and what you're not. And I'm not a politico.

— Colin Cowherd