Politics Quotes · Page 284

Art is about play and about transcendent meanings, not reducible to politics.

— Rachel Kushner

I won't raise taxes, because I do not want to punish the people for the politicians' mistakes.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“The loudest of doomsayers, so often, carry the weightiest of sin.”

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

I would vote for you for President but I'm against big government.

— Jeff Ross

I may have my personal political thing, but we never wanted it to stain the show.

— Matt Stone

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

— Anonymous

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.

— William Godwin

I came into office to do what was correct, not to see what was politically expedient to get re-elected.

— Luis Fortuno

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.

— E. B. White

I think too many of the politicians in Washington have forgotten simple ideals like solving problems and helping neighbors. The Washington game…

— Charlie Melancon

I vote for every privatization bill that I can. It is the Left that opposes privatization. They just want to preserve their…

— Jair Bolsonaro

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be…

— Dag Hammarskjold

The United States is now harbouring Luis Posada Carriles. His continued freedom mocks victims of terrorism everywhere. It also shows how heavily…

— Stephen Kinzer

“That is why it could happen anywhere, given the right ingredients: particular people in government, competing with others- or with each other-…

— Clea Koff

In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into…

— Abraham Lincoln

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

When it comes to the budget, we know that we shouldn't be cutting more on core investments, like education, that are going…

— Barack Obama

“With its federal government that can supersede state and local law, its dependence on rule by the majority rather than consensus, its…

— Charles C. Mann

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay…

— Alex Gibney

The completely untravelled person will view all foreigners as the savage regards the members of another herd. But the man who has…

— Bertrand Russell

Seen politically, systems follow one another, each consuming the previous one. They live on ever-bequeathed and ever-disappointed hope, which never entirely fades.…

— Ernst Junger

“You submit to tyranny when you renounce the difference between what you want to hear and what is actually the case. This…

— Timothy Snyder

The Government should be held accountable if it puts soldiers at unnecessary risk, which is why it is vital to retain full…

— Dominic Raab

Things need to be properly named. Political confusion starts with terminology confusion. Islamism implies some sort of political and social plan for…

— Tariq Ramadan

The government in Russia does not tell me what to do with my assets.

— Mikhail Prokhorov

Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.

— David Suzuki

Politicians are frightened to death of people who actually believe in liberty.

— Neal Boortz

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

— Charles de Gaulle

People are hard to govern. The rulers interfere with too much. That is why people are hard to govern.

— Laozi

I grew up in a family that was always talking about politics.

— Bill Foster

The political system loves the extremes, it doesn't so much show a lot love for the moderates.

— Claire McCaskill

I see an America where poverty is defeated by opportunity, not enabled by a government check.

— Mitt Romney

Our nonviolence in respect of the Government is a result of our incapacity for effective violence.

— Mahatma Gandhi

In the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave.

— Bob Dylan

An award or an honour from the government is always welcomed any time.

— Dutee Chand

The difference between government and leadership is that leadership has a soul.

— Anna Quindlen

E-governance easy governance, e-governance is economical governance.

— Narendra Modi

I love my country, but it's a very hard life, the life of a politician.

— Margaret Cuomo

No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.

— Camille Paglia

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger