Politics Quotes · Page 236

...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

— Thomas Sowell

Nothing is more arrogant than the weakness which feels itself supported by power.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.

— Edmund Burke

I would love to do a political drama. I'm a 'West Wing' fanatic.

— Will Chase

A people cannot long retain their freedom, whose government is incapable of protecting them.

— Oliver Ellsworth

He was a power politically for years, but he never got prominent enough t'have his speeches garbled

— Kin Hubbard

No Western government has ever played the long-term in terms of foreign policy.

— Damian Lewis

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

— Tucker Carlson

“That is what the Bureau -- and the entire government, probably -- is doing: conditioning people to be happy under its thumb.”

— Veronica Roth

There is a long-standing tradition in America of scoffing at poets, especially if they show any interest in politics.

— Eugene McCarthy

If you grow up and your mother or father is a doctor you talk about medicine at the dinner table. In our…

— Caroline Mulroney

Some states like Nebraska have thus far responsibly managed their budgets, even in tough times, and I could not ask Nebraskans to…

— Jeff Fortenberry

“Like Hitler, the President used the word lies to mean statements of fact not to his liking and presented journalism as a…

— Timothy Snyder

“We hear the world governments talking about peace but we know each government is busy secretly making weapons capable of destroying the…

— Paul Bamikole

I still love following and thinking about politics. I enjoy recommending important journalism I read or see from other sources.

— Dan Rather

The 'Alliance for Progress' was a political proposal to improve conditions. It was aimed at lowering the social difference between cultures.

— Hugo Chavez

“...[T]he right way is to give one's attention first to the highest good of the young, just as you expect a good…

— Plato

For highly indebted governments, low interest rates are critical to keep debt levels sustainable and ease pressure to restructure debt and recapitalize…

— Michael Spence

“...if you have the ambition to become a villain, the first thing you should do is learn to be impenetrable. Don’t act…

— Jon Ronson

The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an…

— Robert Agostinelli

The fact that there could be an ISIS West Bank, the fact that the Palestinian government in Gaza doesn't even acknowledge Israel's…

— David Brooks

“I want to single out one man in particular who spoilt Mugabe - Rugare Gumbo- who is still in the government. He…

— Edgar Tekere

“Therefore, the legacy of pan-Arabism as a phase in postwar Arab politics lies not in its failure over half a century to…

— Kanan Makiya

With a good education and a solid childhood, Marie-Antoinette might have become one of the most admired women in Europe. As it…

— Amanda Foreman

There are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.

— Alexander Hamilton

In no civilised country is the head of the government immune from corruption investigation.

— Prashant Bhushan

Education reforms must be the priority for governments.

— Alain Dehaze

I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.

— Johnny Kelly

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

— Benjamin Disraeli

There is no political benefit to Trump pretending to have COVID-19.

— Jason Johnson

American politics can produce great men and women, but it is profoundly insular.

— George Packer

I'm Canadian, and so American politics aren't really in my wheelhouse.

— Ryan Gosling

I want people to feel like they have access to Congress, that they have access to government.

— Rashida Tlaib

Every single person is political. I am a Left-liberal and my politics is issue-based.

— Aparna Sen

There's a lot of bleeding idiots in t'country and they deserve some representation.

— Bill Stone

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians

— Edward Langley

As far as ideology or political beliefs are concerned, countries are very different.

— Samuel P. Huntington

People who never seen to learn claim the government can be made more efficient.

— James Cook

Our way of life, our government defines the way America is. I mean, it's not luck.

— Rush Limbaugh