Politics Quotes · Page 177

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice

— George H. W. Bush

“If you want to get men to act reasonably, you must set about persuading them in a maniacal manner.”

— Aldous Huxley

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

— Tacitus

We have a lot of politicians who have really small brains and really big hearts.

— Rand Paul

People in Silicon Valley are starting to realize politics is not a toy.

— Shervin Pishevar

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians.

— Costa-Gavras

My sensibility has never been political. The things I find funny are generally apolitical.

— Tim Dillon

For a very long time, and among a large number of peoples, political power has belonged to the owners of the land.

— Vilfredo Pareto

I know plenty of people in China who don't like what their government does to the Falun Gong, but they don't want…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I hope I represent a type of politics where we bring people together, where we inspire people - and we do it…

— Jagmeet Singh

I trust the regulatory mechanism; it is a fair and independent mechanism, and the politicians and government do not interfere with the…

— Piyush Goyal

Media people should have long noses like an elephant to smell out politicians, mayors, prime ministers and businessmen. We need to know…

— Dalai Lama

Economies typically do not function well in hyperinflation. The real value of government debt might disappear, but the economy is likely to…

— Eugene Fama

If you're someone from the government and you meet people from other countries, you want to know who you're dealing with. It's…

— Luc Besson

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

— Hal Sparks

I started freelancing, writing op-eds and book reviews, one at a time. I then got the opportunity to write recurring freelance pieces…

— Ari Melber

Right-wing media and politicians are looking for any opportunity to be critical of the reporters who are here. Some reporters make judgments,…

— Peter Arnett

“For a short while she considered the idea of orchestral courtesy. Certainly one should avoid giving political offence: German orchestras, of course,…

— Alexander McCall Smith

Abduction was what it felt like on first listening to Public Enemy. Like the post-punks, Public Enemy implicitly accepted the idea that…

— Mark Fisher

“There is also another political party, who desire, through the influence of legislation and coercion, to level the world. To say the…

— John Taylor

The coalition government made it clear from the outset that it would proceed with defendant anonymity in rape cases only if the…

— Crispin Blunt

“Maybe the critics are right. Maybe there's no escaping our great political divide, an endless clash of armies, and any attempts to…

— Barack Obama

Democratic candidate John Kerry on Tuesday chose fellow Senator John Edwards to be his running mate. Asked about Edwards' lack of foreign…

— Dennis Miller

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

— Vera Brittain

All government is cruel; for nothing is so cruel as impunity.

— George Bernard Shaw

I don't support communism. I don't like that type of government.

— Jesse Ventura

Agitation is all about poetry, governance is all about prose.

— Jairam Ramesh

“Corporate governments are as corrupt as their law enforcement departments.”

— Steven Magee

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

— Dominique de Villepin

“I am a queen because I know why how to govern myself.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

The real focus needs to be on political action to stop this runaway train, real soon.

— William H. Calvin

Fairness and justice will be the base of my government.

— Moon Jae-in

As for political poetry, as it's usually defined, it seems there's very little good political poetry.

— Kenneth Koch

I will continue to help the political causes I believe in in any way I can.

— Alastair Campbell

People have different views on different situations in politics.

— Mike Evans

People say, 'Oh, politics is so polarized today,' and I'm thinking... '1861, that was polarized.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

My message is simple - freedom works a lot better than the authoritarian style of government.

— Ron Paul

Ours is a government elected by the people and it will not succumb to threats.

— Nawaz Sharif