Politics Quotes · Page 248

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

— Daniel Webster

When you straddle a thing it takes a long time to explain it.

— Will Rogers

Challenging vested interests requires a government's full commitment.

— Mo Ibrahim

Politicians don't want democracy here in America, why would they want it in the Middle East?

— Noam Chomsky

If we fixed a hangnail the way our government fixes the economy, we'd slam a car door on it.

— Cullen Hightower

“The American people will regret the day I was crucified by politics and bureaucracy." Billy Mitchell”

— James Bradley

“Politics and organized religion can often be mere exercises in the manipulation of the psyche.”

— Dan Santos

In the harshest possible terms, I condemn political killings.

— Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

When you lose the gayborhoods, you lose the political power that comes when you're concentrated in precincts, and you also lose the…

— Cleve Jones

I was about to read your political rant that you posted on Facebook, but I just went on living my life instead.

— Anonymous

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

— Rand Paul

for me, the beauty of feminism is that it is a social and political movement that has redefined the power and obligation…

— Vivian Gornick

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training…

— Anatoly Chubais

We need to infuse politics with ideas like compassion and empathy, and a sense that we live in an interdependent world.

— Pankaj Mishra

Sport has made me realise that you have to be stubborn and to persevere to get the results. It might take longer…

— Vitali Klitschko

“Barack Obama is an even worse president than George W. Bush, because an evil bastard who knows what he's doing is far…

— Michel Templet

“They have clubbed us off the streets they are stronger they are rich they hire and fire the politicians the newspapereditors the…

— John Dos Passos

A virtuoso performance. Scott Thompson’s biography of the soldier statesman Fidel V. Ramos illustrates the fascinating and complex geography of Filipino politics…

— F. Sionil José

You shall make no covenant [contract or franchise] with them [foreigners, pagans], nor with their [pagan government] gods [laws or judges]. They…

— Anonymous

Every question "runs in a vicious circle" because political life as a whole is an endless chain consisting of an infinite number…

— Vladimir Lenin

My main concern is the political dimension of European integration. This is one of the most important issues of all, as far…

— Vaclav Klaus

Government's role should be only to keep the playing field level, and to work hand in hand with business on issues such…

— Jesse Ventura

Instead of confronting its real and difficult problems and grappling honestly with a dark past, Hungary embraced a reactionary government and a…

— Susan Faludi

“Would you not say that peace is the greatest desire of true soldiers? Do we not have the most to lose from…

— Earl Devere

I believe however that peace is attainable regardless of the Arabs mentality, society or government.

— Yitzhak Rabin

“The hunger for change is the desire to make a change.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

— Anonymous

Most people would agree that infrastructure is something government should do.

— Chuck Fleischmann

The political bug first bit me was Malcolm Fraser's resignation from the Gorton Government.

— George Brandis

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

— Herbert Hoover

I think there's a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.

— Liz Truss

I believe the government should ensure all children are provided with a good education.

— Jacqueline Novogratz

Right now, my full concentration is on politics in Ukraine, and I feel that the people need me there.

— Vitali Klitschko

Political parties can be pretty internecine, and pretty savage.

— Jesse Armstrong

I'm not a professional political analyst, so my political analysis is worth about what you pay for it.

— Sharyl Attkisson

“Responsible government is an off shoot of a culture of personal responsibility.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“How I feed myself is none of the government's business. F**k their stupid rules.”

— Anonymous

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

— H. L. Mencken

If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.

— Tony Benn

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.

— G. Edward Griffin