Politics Quotes · Page 227

I grew up in a family that was always talking about politics.

— Bill Foster

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

— Charles de Gaulle

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

— Laozi

Politicians are frightened to death of people who actually believe in liberty.

— Neal Boortz

Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

— David Suzuki

In the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave.

— Bob Dylan

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

— Mitt Romney

The important thing is that government gives the security services the tools that are necessary to keep us safe.

— Amber Rudd

When you get to political machines that can control a state, then you're really into organized crime - almost. You're fighting a…

— Frank Capra

It is entirely clear that there is only one way in which great wars can be permanently prevented, and that is the…

— Bertrand Russell

Public opinion, or what passes for public opinion, is not invariably a moderating force in the jungle of politics.

— George F. Kennan

“Kill someone on the behalf of yourself, you get deemed a murderer. Kill someone on behalf of your Government, you get deemed…

— J.Adam Snyder

The politics of envy is the politics of this commandment: "Thou shalt not steal, except by majority vote." It is the politics…

— Gary North

I'm a wishy-washy 'Guardian' reader, but the last thing I want to do is force a political agenda down people's throats. It's…

— Alastair Reynolds

What you demand from storytelling is a moral - even political - import. I tend to shun that didactic aspect.

— Aleksandar Hemon

I believe that a concept that may have some flaws is nonetheless important as a tool to critique abuses on all sides…

— Alison Assiter

I think that the society and our democracy are mature enough to place emphasis on the quality and the value of the…

— Tsai Ing-wen

Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and…

— Ricardo Montalban

We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of…

— David Axelrod

If we are looking for one single action which will enable the poor to overcome their poverty, I would go for credit.…

— Muhammad Yunus

The frustration of our [The Daily] show is- very much outside any parameters of the media or the government. We don't have…

— Jon Stewart

“The Comtesse's fellow prisoners in this antechamber to death were characteristic of the ill-assorted gatherings thrown together in Revolutionary prisons: duchesses and…

— Stanley Loomis

Anarchism stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion and liberation of the human body from the…

— Emma Goldman

The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.

— Claire McCaskill

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

— Anna Quindlen

An award or an honour from the government is always welcomed any time.

— Dutee Chand

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

— Tacitus

“If you want to get men to act reasonably, you must set about persuading them in a maniacal manner.”

— Aldous Huxley

We have a lot of politicians who have really small brains and really big hearts.

— Rand Paul

Essentially, filmmakers have to be free and not directed by power or politicians.

— Costa-Gavras

Today the real test of power is not capacity to make war but capacity to prevent it.

— Anne O'Hare McCormick

My sensibility has never been political. The things I find funny are generally apolitical.

— Tim Dillon

People in Silicon Valley are starting to realize politics is not a toy.

— Shervin Pishevar

Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.

— Vera Brittain

Representative government demands an ongoing conversation between legislators and constituents.

— Alan Siegel

Every time the U.S. government makes a low-cost loan to someone, it's investing in them.

— Elizabeth Warren

If you have political convictions... keep 'em to yourself

— Johnny Cash

I mean, I'm somebody who's a total political junkie.

— Leslie Grossman

Unlike Churchill, I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice

— George H. W. Bush