Politics Quotes · Page 176

“far too many politicians suffer from foot and mouth disease; they always put a foot in their mouths”

— rassool jibraeel snyman

“But people were not ideal, and politics had to work with people as they were.”

— Edmund Fawcett

I could say much about politics, our only entertainment here, but you would not care a fig about that.

— Thomas Jefferson

You cannot solve the economy in this country by creating government jobs.

— Don Young

“the skin of her naked throat was as perfect as a political idea. She”

— William T. Vollmann

Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people.

— Ezra Taft Benson

“Politicians are judged by what they say and they don't do”

— Michelangelo Saez

It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.

— John Bercow

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

[T]he people as ultimate sovereigns, retain the ultimate power - and even the duty - to overthrow any government that fails to…

— Glenn Reynolds

When we organize with one another, when we get involved, when we stand up and speak out together, we can create a…

— Howard Zinn

All things being equal, letting people make decisions for themselves will produce smarter outcomes, collectively, than relying on government planners.

— James Surowiecki

Finding voice is a socially responsible political act. We don't just do it for ourselves. And helping someone to find voice demands…

— Mary Rose O'Reilley

No one in government should ever think that the citizens they work for can't or won't scrutinize their actions

— Roy Barnes

The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private…

— Joseph Sobran

'The Weeds' is a timely podcast from the news and opinion website Vox. It leaves the coverage of the Punch and Judy…

— David Hepworth

“Voters, activists, and political leaders of the present day are in the position of medieval doctors. They hold simple, prescientific theories about…

— Michael Huemer

“Under that democracy, license was not confounded with freedom. Political 'equality' has been understood in two senses: as meaning either that all…

— Isocrates

It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character that almost every country in…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The government of the enlightened king? His achievements blanket the world but appear not to be his own doing. His transforming influence…

— Burton Watson

What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does…

— Eugen Richter

Never in my life have I seen an unholy trinity of censorship like I've seen with the power of government, big tech,…

— Clay Travis

[Iranians] are destabilizing governments in the region. They continue to support Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon against Israel. A lot of work…

— Hillary Clinton

There are two sides, at least, to most political questions, and a politician's impulse may be to believe that the same holds…

— Christine Todd Whitman

“We cannot expect the government to legislate everything.”

— Lee Vickers

Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.

— Christine Pelosi

It is Arvind Kejriwal who believes in the politics of divide and rule.

— Manoj Tiwari

The first lady is, and always has been, an unpaid public servant elected by one person, her husband.

— Lady Bird Johnson

The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus.

— Milton Friedman

If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.

— Jack Ma

The more powerful government becomes, the more abuses it commits and the more lies it must tell.

— James Bovard

Don't let people who live in fear and hate govern how you live.

— Melissa Etheridge

We don't want to govern the country without democratic institutions.

— Jovenel Moise

Wanting to work is so rare a merit, that it should be encouraged.

— Abraham Lincoln

“What matters is that this spectacular act of terror initiated the politics of emergency. Gazing”

— Timothy Snyder

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

— Alan Siegel

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.

— Elizabeth Warren

If you have political convictions... keep 'em to yourself

— Johnny Cash

I mean, I'm somebody who's a total political junkie.

— Leslie Grossman

I come from a very active family politically, especially around union organizing.

— Simone Missick