Politics Quotes · Page 185

I am not a full-time politician but a 'sanyasi' who took the path of politics to serve the masses.

— Yogi Adityanath

I have a political view that is certainly progressive and radical in a certain sense.

— Susan Rosenberg

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

— Ted Nelson

In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.

— Jack Valenti

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

— Anonymous

For me, the marriage of publishing and politics simply weaves together the two family businesses.

— John F. Kennedy Jr

Politics is an instrument that can transform society.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

I think it was interesting to be steeped in that [political] world.

— Cynthia Nixon

Somehow liberals have been unable to acquire from life what conservatives seem to be endowed with at birth: namely, a healthy skepticism…

— Anonymous

“They became actual revolutions instead of mere discussions, complaints and rioting, only after revolutionists had beaten, or won over, the armed forces…

— Crane Brinton

[T]he only way to shrink the trade deficit is for the government to prohibit us from buying whatever we want.

— John Stossel

I heard a political message in rock music. A liberation message. A message of freedom. I heard it in Elvis' voice.

— Bruce Springsteen

In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying…

— Jim Broadbent

I don't talk politics and I don't talk philosophy or anything like that, but if you look at my work, you might…

— Al Pacino

A democratic form of government, a democratic way of life, presupposes free public education over a long period; it presupposes also an…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

In a government whose distinguishing characteristic should be a diffusion and equalization of its benefits and burdens the advantage of individuals will…

— Martin Van Buren

America stands for liberty, for the pursuit of happiness and for the unalienable right for life. This right to life cannot be…

— George W. Bush

US government policies are continuing to do exactly the same thing [produce terrorism]. Two days after the Boston marathon bombings, there was…

— Noam Chomsky

What would be the political benefits to Obama of an amnesty? It could weld Hispanics to the Democratic Party, would be wildly…

— Pat Buchanan

Had not a conviction of the danger to which an unlimited occupation of the executive chair would expose the republican Constitution of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A final irony has to do with the idea of political responsibility. Christians are urged to vote and become involved in politics…

— James Davison Hunter

Governments don't want to be the last ones in the digital sphere if their people and businesses are already there. We have…

— Kersti Kaljulaid

If America is to be run by the people, it is the people who must think. And we do not need to…

— Herbert Hoover

No possible future government in Kabul can be worse than the Taliban, and no thinkable future government would allow the level of…

— Christopher Hitchens

Government should be weak, amateurish and ridiculous. At present, it fulfills only a third of the role.

— Edward Abbey

I keep my politics a little closer to me than others do.

— Willie Geist

...the West has its share of liars and poseurs, the ablest of whom congregate in government.

— Ilana Mercer

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

You can't govern without loving the people and without humility!

— Pope Francis

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

— Josiah Strong

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

— Joe Klein

The choice in politics isn't usually between black and white. It's between two horrible shades of gray.

— Lord Thorneycroft

Rick, I'll tell you what. Ten thousand bucks? Ten thousand dollar bet?

— Mitt Romney

How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.

— George Packer

A gold standard is to the moochers and looters in government what sunlight and garlic are to vampires.

— Herman Cain

The public is to the left not simply of New Labour, but the political and media classes as a whole.

— Mehdi Hasan

I think you'll see a lot more people in the Valley get more involved in politics.

— Dave McClure

“Serikali inayodhulumu wananchi wake ni hatari kuliko simba.”

— Enock Maregesi

India has a law. The political parties or the religious heads have no right to control that law.

— Mohanlal

By terrorising the people, the Taliban have sown deep doubts about the government.

— Ashraf Ghani