Politics Quotes · Page 302

God of ages, Lord of Time, mine is the right to be wrong.

— Jethro Tull

In politics, it's more fun to win than it is to lose.

— Phyllis Schlafly

I don't think we need political activists on the Supreme Court or any other level of court.

— Dick Mountjoy

Government [is] an illusion the governed should not encourage.

— John Updike

Guns are the ultimate bulwark against government misbehavior.

— P. J. O'Rourke

It's a good thing we don't get all the government we pay for.

— Will Rogers

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

— Aneurin Bevan

There is so much of politics in sport that I sometimes wonder how did I survive for such a long time.

— P. T. Usha

The great twin political problems of the age are the brutality of the right, and the dishonesty of the left.

— Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Since Sandy Hook, I have sat back as a father and been mesmerized by the inability of the federal government to do…

— Gavin Newsom

The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during…

— Steven Pinker

There is much that women can bring into politics that would make our world a kinder, gentler place for humanity to thrive…

— Corazon Aquino

A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Besides, everyone knows politicians are the most trusted people on the planet—how could they possibly hide anything, being in constant contact with…

— Susan Kaye Quinn

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for…

— Arancha Gonzalez

What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And…

— James Garner

I mean, I really don't want the federal government to be determining whether or not a person who feels certain ways about…

— Peter T. King

Where progress has been made, wherever any kind of injustice has been overturned, it’s been because people acted as citizens, and not…

— Howard Zinn

“Heading into the race, the perception among political professionals and the press had been that the rival campaign squadrons were more or…

— Mark Halperin

It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the…

— Adam Cohen

“Political rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when they have…

— Rudolf Rocker

“No politician in power will ever advocate for nuclear disarmament - that's a fact. The so-called leaders of the world feel about…

— Abhijit Naskar

Politics is noble; it is one of the highest forms of charity, as Paul VI used to say. We sully it when…

— Pope Francis

The highest priority of my government is to remove various difficulties faced by farmers and to raise their standard of living. The…

— Ram Nath Kovind

Beer is God's way of telling us that he loves us and wants us to be happy.

— Benjamin Franklin

The future science of government should be called 'la cybernétique'.

— Andre-Marie Ampere

“Religon and politics are two of the hardest things to talk about, yet they mean so much to us.”

— Levi Jones

You got to stop asking your politicians how they are going to do this or that...

— Rahul Gandhi

The Reformation has been called in a biting epigram "a rising of the rich against the poor."

— Hilaire Belloc

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

— Paddy Ashdown

All I ask is that you not be naive about how the government works when it decides to go after its prey.

— Michael Moore

I think it's fair to say I feel much more comfortable in business than in politics.

— Desiree Rogers

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

— Jack Abramoff

No, most of our political elite has not realized that the world is flat.

— Thomas Friedman

I'm all for one-world government, assuming we can find a world.

— John Alejandro King

My political giving has merely followed my relationships.

— David Jolly

There is no constitutional basis for the federal government to be mandated to assist with student debt.

— Darryl Glenn

We need to deliver efficient, transparent government.

— Nina Turner

“Yeah,” Robertson nodded grimly. “It’s the whole problem, isn’t it? People just doing their jobs.”

— Krzysztof Pacyński

“Trust a politician? I would rather staple gun my nuts to the back of a charging rhino.”

— Steve Merrick