Politics Quotes · Page 206

If those to whom power is delegated do well, they will be respected; if not, they will be despised.

— Thomas Paine

This is global governance in the making. But we must agree, and agree to a binding commitment.

— George Papandreou

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

— Anonymous

In America we believe there ought to be limits on government.

— Karl Rove

Nothing is the matter with Mr. Gore except that he can't be elected.

— Dan Patrick

“political correctness threatens the integrity of the media,”

— Ben Carson

Donald Trump has had political success positioning himself as a 'law-and-order' candidate.

— Kristen Soltis Anderson

In politics, there is only one crime that is unforgivable - showing weakness.

— Yair Lapid

I happen to agree with many of the liberal emphasis on compassion, justice and equality. I just disagree that it's the government's…

— Rick Warren

A man known to us only as a celebrity in politics or in trade, gains largely in our esteem if we discover…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

And if the liberal media and political community cannot accept that sometimes the wrong people get killed in war, then I can…

— Marcus Luttrell

It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug…

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the…

— Ronald Reagan

“Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.”

— Joe Haldeman

If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that…

— Dawn Foster

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any…

— Epicurus

Once I thought that to be human was the highest aim a man could have, but I see now that it was…

— Henry Miller

I know things are going to get better in spite of both sides. Then when things do get better, then you'll hear…

— Will Rogers

Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you're given, The less…

— Ogden Nash

Loyalty to the principles upon which our Government rests positively demands that the equality before the law which it guarantees to every…

— Grover Cleveland

“Managerial abilities, bureaucratic skills, technical expertise, and political talent are all necessary, but they can be applied only to goals that have…

— Edward Luttwak

The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident…

— James Madison

There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those…

— Gavin Newsom

Therefore the dignity of the human person normally demands the right to the use of earthly goods as the natural foundation for…

— Pope Pius XI

Large government is inevitably inefficient, but so, too, is large private enterprise.

— Richard Cohen

The use of data for political purposes wasn't invented by Cambridge Analytica.

— Brittany Kaiser

You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance.

— Milton Friedman

Mayors are accountable. Local governments are accountable.

— Eric Garcetti

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

— Imran Khan

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

— Maggie Rogers

Opening acts are hard, really hard. There's more politics involved than music, sometimes.

— Kaki King

I did not forsee a day where the government had to intervene to bail out basically everybody.

— Kenneth C. Griffin

I'm very politically active, but that has nothing to do with my charity.

— Bernard Marcus

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance

— James Madison

I don't get why the government is the only one that gets to print money.

— Stephen Colbert

Every Labour government has left office with higher unemployment than when it entered.

— Esther McVey

It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.

— Margaret Thatcher

Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you'll get. I like the people-stories better.

— Shepard Smith

I participated on debating teams and in student government, and served as senior class president.

— Paul D. Boyer

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

— Henry David Thoreau