Politics Quotes · Page 183

“Power does not ask permission. Power does not take permission. Power does not need permission.”

— Amit Kalantri

Voting is the foundation stone for political action.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.

— George J. Mitchell

I am not going to participate in professional politics again.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

What I have experienced is nothing compared to what political prisoners in prisons suffer.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Always tell the truth. That way you don't have to remember what you said.

— Mark Twain

Taxpayers can go online and find out more about the way their government works than ever before.

— Anonymous

I just saved a ton of money on Christmas presents by discussing politics on Facebook.

— Anonymous

When someone sticks a knife six inches into your back, and then pulls it out two inches and claims he's doing you…

— Malcolm X

My friendship with Martin [Schulz], by contrast, is completely different in that it goes far beyond politics.

— Jean-Claude Juncker

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that…

— Mark Cuban

They say you should never mix sport and politics, but Barack Obama may just prove to be the first leader with a…

— David James

“Politicians are in the process of committing species extinction in honor of their corporate sponsors and the general public are along for…

— Steven Magee

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives…

— Charles Krauthammer

We have an obligation to each other to not only push our politicians but to push companies to do right by their…

— Nina Turner

The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another…

— Tony Benn

The purpose prong of the Lemon test requires that a government activity have a secular purpose. That requirement is not satisfied, however,…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

The degree of political pressure to make MGNREGA jobs available varies massively from state to state - which is why access to…

— Abhijit Banerjee

We know that greater participation in our democracy will make our government more responsible and make elected officials more representative of the…

— Sara Gideon

If you are a parent, if you are an educator, there are very many good and powerful reasons to take children onto…

— Jim Carroll

Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under…

— Earl Browder

All politicians are not the same. I've never felt that way. What is the same is that voters get very excited about…

— Doris Lessing

Unnamed entertainment industry moguls are now telling the New York Times that they intend never to work with Mel Gibson again. After…

— Laura Ingraham

There always comes a point beyond which lying becomes counterproductive. This point is reached when the audience to which the lies are…

— Hannah Arendt

I have always defined political correctness as an elevation of sensitivity over truth.

— Bill Maher

It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.

— Mario Monti

In poltitics you get what you deserve rather than what you want.

— Anonymous

That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience.

— James Cameron

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

— A. J. P. Taylor

In politics, it is better never to have loved at all than to have loved and lost.

— Vikrant Parsai

I was born the son of a lawless man, always spoke my mind with a gun in my hand.

— Christopher Cross

They gave me a book of checks. They didn't ask for any deposits.

— Joseph D. Early

Politics as battle has given way to politics as spectacle.

— Ronald Steel

'Happiness is a Small Politician' - my mantra then and forever more.

— Ralph Steadman

I've been dealing with politicians all my life. They are all talk, no action.

— Donald Trump

The four pillars of government . . . (which are religion, justice, counsel, and treasure).

— Francis Bacon

Among politicians, I would say Sonia Gandhi is not exactly a cartoonist's delight.

— Raj Thackeray

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

— Rodney Dangerfield

In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns.

— Benjamin Franklin

The problem is, we have yet to convince the Taliban they are fellow passengers on spaceship Earth.

— Will Durst