Politics Quotes · Page 214

Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.

— Gautam Adani

“To Dewey, if brevity was the soul of wit, stagecraft was the very center of politics.”

— David Pietrusza

Establishment, career politicians are about saying one thing and doing another.

— Todd Young

Governments change but the system doesn't. One needs to believe in the system.

— Uddhav Thackeray

I cannot be any clearer, minority governments don't work.

— Annastacia Palaszczuk

On government & unions: the only thing worse than blind trust is blind mistrust.

— Andy Hargreaves

“Interacting with a corrupt government judge is futile.”

— Steven Magee

He's a politician. That's a notch below child molester.

— Woody Allen

“A brick could be used to bestow gratitude upon your favorite (or least favorite) politician. Let them know your approval level by…

— Jarod Kintz

Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.

— Amitai Etzioni

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

— Mark Twain

You ask a politician a question, like, why they ran in an election, and you'll hear, I assume, something about wanting to…

— Amitava Kumar

The truth is in California you can't build a new manufacturing facility, and businesses are leaving in droves because of bad government…

— Carly Fiorina

Conservatives claim they are 'one nation' Tories when they have actually been a government for the 1% who have undermined our economic…

— John McDonnell

It is not the government's purpose to make a profit the way a company does, because a company doesn't have to give…

— Jean Chretien

We in government should learn to look at our country with the eyes of the entrepreneur, seeing possibilities where others see only…

— Ronald Reagan

What Canada has to do is to have a government connected to the priorities of the people of which it is elected…

— Peter MacKay

Under the administration of George W. Bush, you will recall, federal spending grew pretty significantly. At the same time, the number of…

— Thomas Frank

“We fail to take responsibility, to act productively in the interest of ourselves and others. And in our attempts at a better…

— Hanzi Freinacht

I'm perhaps not the most tribal of politicians. Working in a mature and adult way where you recognise what your shared goal…

— Jo Swinson

To dislocate the functioning of a city without destroying it can be more effective than a riot because it can be longer-lasting,…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“These were the kids who would take LSD for recreational purposes, who relied upon tape recorders to supply the weird studio effects…

— Ken Hollings

The 2020 Democratic primary is a failure of politics. Too many candidates in concert with media, dedicated to serving the interests of…

— Jessica Tarlov

There's a reason people pause their lives to engage in political activism and pressure their local political leaders. Because as a whole,…

— Rachel Maddow

A government program helps for a month, but a good-paying career helps a family for generations.

— Tate Reeves

[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.

— Bill Frist

Why would you want to be politically correct when you can be right?

— John Hagee

But transitions from the politics of violence to democratic compromise are always messy.

— Timothy Garton Ash

The Democrats smell blood and don't want to be told that it's their own.

— Mark Steyn

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

— Richard M. Nixon

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

— Plato

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

— Karl Rove

Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

— Kevin Brady

I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.

— John Marston

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

— Thomas Jefferson

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

— Roy Hattersley

I want to tell the government, stop being soft towards the terrorists.

— Simi Garewal

A politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations.

— James Freeman

I think everybody wanted to help the U.S. government in some way after 9/11.

— Erik Prince

The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.

— Bruce Rauner