Politics Quotes · Page 194

I'm not going to talk too much politics because I'm not smart enough to do that.

— Brad Williams

The last thing we need are more pointy-headed intellectuals running the government.

— Charles Murray

No government in any country can run on static definitions of economic thinking.

— Amit Shah

What's the use, there never was a woman living who could understand political ideas.

— John Dos Passos

The tow pillars of democratic government are the primacy of the law and the budget.

— Ludwig von Mises

Governance can dig itself into a huge hole and not even know it's in there.

— Wole Soyinka

The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.

— Robert J. Samuelson

Hey, I'm not a politician. I'm a ham. I love to give speeches.

— Norman Schwarzkopf

“The perforated men and the women with square heads left Tim with the strong impression that the government should stick to issuing…

— Gregg Hurwitz

“I heard the Empire has a tyrannical and repressive government!" "What form of government is that?" said Ponder Stibbons. "A tautology," said…

— Terry Pratchett

Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches.

— Daniel J. Mitchell

Americans have always evinced some distrust of government, but the current situation has exacerbated this to a degree that may be unprecedented.

— Eric Alterman

“In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities.”

— Mark Twain

He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win in the…

— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

“People tend to form political beliefs in their early years and then stick with them for life. If today’s rich young are…

— Edward Luce

Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government.

— Sun Myung Moon

We believe in liberty, we believe in limited government, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in family values and the sanctity…

— Kurt Bills

We also have to engage - and I think this is important - in national politics because there is no way to…

— Bill McKibben

Many, including the Canadian and U.S. governments, try to provide family support while also maintaining a hard line about further fuelling terrorism…

— Amanda Lindhout

“While the USA corporate government took three years to deny my disability application, the UK approved my pension plan early disbursement on…

— Steven Magee

A lot of people say, 'Well, I'm just not political.' And I think: Do you have a bank account? You're political. Not…

— Kelly Reichardt

That the people have an original right to establish, for their future government, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce…

— John Marshall

“The ExxonMobil forecast numbers suggested that to make an impact on oil demand, the world’s governments would have to reach a unified…

— Steve Coll

There's no one silver bullet, but money really is the root of all evil. The single biggest problem is how much more…

— Tom Harkin

Actually, I'm the only politician in Ottawa who is against the Paris Accord.

— Maxime Bernier

Nobody living average, everybody jang-a-lang. Nobody living savage, everybody got change.

— Nelly

Here we will have possibly a bunch of tax dodgers deciding the election.

— Margaret Carlson

I can see that in certain political situations you have to use force to overthrow police states.

— Pierre Trudeau

People care about their financial futures, and politics is very much a part of that.

— Trish Regan

“On Lincoln: "A profound common sense is the best genius for statesmanship.”

— James Russell Lowell

“Never lose time in sending the scapegoat to the slaughterhouse.”

— Ali Sheikh

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends.

— Bill Drayton

A phone tree isn't an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person.

— Howard Rheingold

I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.

— Doug Hoffman

My father's political heroes were Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

— Bret Stephens

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not.

— Neil L. Andersen

Television doesn't like politics very well, if you can infer that from the way they cover it.

— Jack Germond

There is a lot in American politics (and in American life) that is angry, greedy, reckless and violent.

— Charlie Pierce

Action based only on principles isnt always good even if it feels good.

— John Chancellor

What is immoral for an individual to do, is immoral for a government to do

— Rand Paul