Politics Quotes · Page 257

“Yoga strengthens your core; politics weakens your faith.”

— Dipti Dhakul

I think people should downplay politics more, be more involved in what they do.

— Tommy Tuberville

He thinks like a philosopher, but governs like a king.

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Every time the government grows we lose more of who we are.

— Glenn Beck

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments?

— Yasheng Huang

Pelosi's problem is her spine doesn't reach her brain.

— Liz Cheney

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

— Will Rogers

A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

— Lisa Murkowski

I think its time to get a reapportionment process that frankly takes out the incumbency protection and the raw politics of the…

— Carol Moseley Braun

All my life I've been interested in politics. I went on the miners march when I was six months old. My parents…

— Jess Phillips

I was happy at ESPN, I was succeeding at ESPN and I love sports. But the very foundational principles, set aside politics,…

— Will Cain

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

— Lysander Spooner

More people working and paying taxes reduces government expenditures and helps us move a little closer to balance.

— Dick Durbin

You cannot be against a raise in the minimum wage and for cutting government assistance and still say that you are worried…

— Ron Crumpton

The only pertinent political question in relation to an identity [or its photograph] is not Is it really coherent? but What does…

— Victor Burgin

Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

— Ludwig von Mises

Nor can We predict happier times for religion and government from the plans of those who desire vehemently to separate the Church…

— Pope Gregory XVI

The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both…

— Michel Foucault

I'm kind of conscious and aware of how ridiculous everyone involved with politics or talking about politics, especially on television, is -…

— Aaron McGruder

Some may remember that, in 2010, I publicly broke ranks with my colleagues from the Quebec City area who were pushing our…

— Maxime Bernier

“Increasing numbers of Americans are subscribing to the myth that you can get something for nothing—as long as the government is footing…

— Ezra Taft Benson

I'm very sad 'Life' wasn't a big hit, But it was undone by politics at NBC. It was intense. I moved my…

— Damian Lewis

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

In most cases, obviously, soldiers fought because a government drafted them and gave them a rifle. At every point too, we see…

— Philip Jenkins

“Getting more tech-savvy people into law schools and governments is probably a smart move for society.”

— Max Tegmark

Nothing so weakens government as persistent inflation.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“When people start talking about Right and Left, they stop talking about right and wrong.”

— J.S.B. Morse

I can finally get married! Yay government! So proud of you.

— Raven-Symone

I am proud of my immaturity and political inexperience.

— Emmanuel Macron

Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.

— Laurence J. Peter

I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.

— Maurice Strong

Political dictatorship and social hopelessness create the desperation that fuels religious extremism.

— Benazir Bhutto

A government subsidized economic recovery, is not an economic recovery - it's an entitlement state.

— Tommy Tuberville

I don't know what our government does except put us into debt and blow up other countries.

— Madonna Ciccone

A tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor

— H. L. Mencken

Politicians used to be leaders. Now they follow voters, desperate for a tick in a box.

— Katie Hopkins

I don't want to claim that my government can find solutions to all the problems facing the people.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

The citizens of Missouri expect their government to perform well for them every day.

— Mike Parson

Government is the Entertainment division of the military-industrial complex.

— Frank Zappa

Individuals usually do a better job than the government.

— Rob Lowe