Politics Quotes · Page 259

Politics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.

— Eugene Hutz

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

— Bernard Baruch

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

— John Calvin

It takes a certain kind of man to be in politics--a small one.

— Croft M. Pentz

I understand the process of politics and the game of television.

— John Sununu

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.

— Alexander Stille

Government of man by man in every form is oppression.

— Anonymous

Political progress will only take place if sufficient security exists.

— David Petraeus

What looks like politics, and imagines itself to be political, will one day unmask itself as a religious movement.

— Anonymous

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

— David Suzuki

Government leaders should get up to speed on the blockchain by understanding it first and committing to exploring its potential.

— William Mougayar

We have to argue forcefully and demand that the government recognise that these programmes do not prevent - mass surveillance does not…

— Edward Snowden

The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly…

— Jimmy Carter

Did you know that although it is very true that church and politics are water and oil, they shall only mix when…

— Hosiah Chipanga

Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and…

— Geoff Mulgan

“the U.S. government will learn that we can be trusted. We know about bad guys, what they do, and, often, who they…

— Marcus Luttrell

“On top of these programs, the foundation doled out $8 million to more than a hundred John M. Olin faculty fellows. These…

— Jane Mayer

The history of taxation shows that taxes which are inherently excessive are not paid. The high rates inevitably put pressure upon the…

— Andrew Mellon

Never forget that no government has wealth of its own to spend. The money has to come from taxation, monetary inflation, or…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

As a member of the House Small Business Committee, I will strive to ensure that our small business community can thrive without…

— Byron Donalds

Brexit has changed everything in British politics - it has blown open a cosy, zombie-like closed world of Westminster parliamentary politics. It…

— Claire Fox

Amid the welter of vague political abstractions ... where meanings shift so quickly and so subtly, not only following changes of thought,…

— J. Allan Hobson

The left wants you to believe that true morality is defined by how much money you give the government, how much money…

— Rush Limbaugh

Stronger than all the armies is an idea thats time has come. ... The time has come for equality of opportunity in…

— Everett Dirksen

The people of America need personal responsibility and freedom, not dependency on the government.

— George Allen

I'm not a politician and I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just exploring what I see.

— Nick Damici

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Sam, had a great time this weekend but the golf was lousey.

— Dan Quayle

“A people religiously right, will not long remain politically wrong.”

— William Arnot

Human depravity originates in the vices of political constitution.

— William Godwin

I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

— David Cunliffe

“Knowing true colors of politicians was tough when everything was in black-n-white.”

— Rajat Shah

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

— Frank Field

It's not good for government to tell people that the world owes them a living and that things are free.

— William Weld

“A politician's Job they say is very high, for he has choose who has to go out and die.”

— Black Sabbath

European Parliament should not be involved in foreign politics.

— Geert Wilders

Personally I prefer a liberal dictator to democratic government lacking liberalism.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

A director is a choreographer, both politically and creatively.

— William Shatner

Political pendulums swing hard and feed on stark contrast.

— Martha MacCallum

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.

— Jonas Mekas