Politics Quotes · Page 247

I've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.

— David Hockney

“Society can serve its citizens only to the extent that it knows them.”

— David Marusek

I didn't go into politics to tell people how much salt to put on their chips.

— Anna Soubry

“Governments don't spy on you for your protection, they spy on you to see if you're planning a revolt.”

— Lori Goodwin

George Bush says, 'Gore's book needs a lot of explaining.' Of course, Bush says that about every book.

— Bill Maher

“The impeachment of President Trump was an excellent example of how seedy a government can be.”

— Steven Magee

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

— Deval Patrick

I don't want foreign governments to support President Trump to influence our elections.

— Robert C. O'Brien

Until the governments don't have a clear law against piracy and the digital downloads are not working worldwide properly, the record industry…

— Tarja Turunen

Anyone who can see as far as tomorrow in politics arouses the wrath of people who can see no farther than today.

— Madame de Stael

The focus on male politicians extends beyond clothes, legs, and pretty faces. It's hard to find an article about former Illinois governor…

— Nell Scovell

The strongest initiative that government can take to ensure Australia is prepared for population ageing, is to maintain a strong economy, and…

— Julie Bishop

“If freedom isn't free and people's rights are being violated and suppressed, then Governments have NO need to exist.”

— ELW-Reta Barnes

In the 2012 campaign, the president successfully transformed the most intense conservative positions into liabilities on immigration and the role of government.

— John Dickerson

The case decided on Thursday, though, seemed promising to takings fans because it wasn't about compensation. It was about the requirement that…

— Michael Kinsley

The nature of business and government has been to build a surplus and self-perpetuate, but the Internet fosters and rewards smaller, more…

— Esther Dyson

Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases…

— Albert Einstein

During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In…

— Michelle Malkin

The bloody years of war and all the atrocities in European history have taught the Europeans that secular politics free of religious…

— Orhan Pamuk

“An availability cascade is a self-sustaining chain of events, which may start from media reports of a relatively minor event and lead…

— Daniel Kahneman

Now let's make two things clear: ISIL is not 'Islamic.' No religion condones the killing of innocents, and the vast majority of…

— Barack Obama

Prominent and influential editors, accustomed to deal with politicians, men of an infinitely lower grade, say, in their ignorance,that he acted "on…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Most of Senators loves their job, with all the perks and influence it carried, but doesn’t hesitate about complaining how dreadful living…

— Krzysztof Pacyński

When all Americans believe that the people we elect deserve to be in power, that their conduct in office is worthy of…

— Joe Sestak

We're a rock n' roll band. We're more music and rock n' roll than politics.

— Gary Rossington

Politics: The highest calling to the lowest falling.

— Gregory Nunn

People approach politicians with lot of hopes, particularly if they are elected representatives.

— Vijayashanti

All forms of government are pernicious, including good government.

— Edward Abbey

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

— John Adams

“Smart people avoid interacting with agencies of a corrupt government.”

— Steven Magee

“Heavens no!” said rich dad. “The government always takes its share first.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

You can't say 'I don't do politics,' because silence is a political statement.

— Tariq Ramadan

The cost of living in sin would make a poor man out of Paul Getty.

— Elvis Costello

Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

— A. P. Herbert

I'll be active in politics through PACs at a later date.

— Donald Trump

Unemployment is bigger than a political party. It is a national danger and a national scandal.

— Ellen Wilkinson

Pell Grants open a lot of doors, but they rely on a solvent government.

— Denny Rehberg

“If you do not want to be lied to, then you need to stop following politics.”

— Steven Magee

Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale.

— John Waters

“Free citizens of the United Kingdom can apparently vote for clowns, but not vote (dressed) as them.”

— Eddie Mair