Politics Quotes · Page 316

Never forget public ignorance is the government's best friend.

— Anonymous

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

— Charles Kennedy

Kindness and compassion aren't political qualities even though they get politicized.

— Derren Brown

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya

— Boris Yeltsin

I wasn't planning on becoming a politician. I was incredibly fulfilled in my role at PATH.

— Katie Hill

The moment politics becomes dull, democracy is in danger.

— Lord Hailsham

The acid test of politics is not what you say at the hustings, but what you actually do in government.

— Margaret Thatcher

“Injustice and lawlessness is the greatest terror a government can ever enforce on its own people!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Cordae is like my government name. I was like, just be myself. What's a better name than the name my mom gave…

— Cordae

Social justice for parties like the DMK, DK and the PMK is nothing but practising dynasty politics. Their concept of social justice…

— Tamilisai Soundararajan

Government has a habit of blaming the private sector for its own failings while taking credit for advances we in fact owe…

— Thomas Woods

I have a very clear, genuine vision about what political work should be, what politics and politicians should contribute to the nation.

— Suresh Gopi

“While awareness of global governance problems is arguably rising, even most of the educated public is rather unaware of the detail of…

— Thomas Hale

Revolution: Political movement which gets many people´s hopes up, let´s even more people down, makes almost everybody uncomfortable, and a few, extraordinarily…

— Adolfo Bioy Casares

When you start talking about elections being rigged, you're pushing people beyond democratic governance. And it's a very, very dangerous thing to…

— Bruce Springsteen

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least…

— Jacques Verges

I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a…

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

Political correctness may make for smooth edges, but it does little for the imagination and nothing for the arts. Writers work best…

— Amanda Foreman

Ah, there's a director. Astonishing, Spike Lee. A feisty guy, but a guy who's, I think, incredibly misunderstood. I think people review…

— Brian Cox

“Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal…

— R.B. Bernstein

“If you want to serve your respective community focus on utilizing real leadership to better others' quality of life and put politics…

— Saaif Alam

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his…

— Thomas Paine

The euro zone must strike for a better governance structure, and there is no alternative to that. Euro zone countries must either…

— Lou Jiwei

The John F. Kennedy Institute of Politics was originally intended to bring scholars and politicians into closer contact, on the assumption that…

— Donald E. Graham

I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.

— Francois Hollande

Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In all sorts of government man is made to believe himself free, and to be in chains.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

The students wanted to speak to the government, and the police answered with bullets.

— Vusi Mahlasela

Patriotic is saying, government, you know, you're not always the solution.

— Sarah Palin

There are very few so foolish that they had not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

— Thomas Hobbes

The fossil fuel industry has been a particular disgrace, polluting our politics as well as our planet.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

— Eartha Kitt

“No revolution is made out of shame. I reply: Shame is already revolution of a kind”

— Karl Marx

Politics enter dangerous ground, when people proclaim there are simple answers for our complex world.

— Sjon

In politics, you have to understand that there are some cases where you'll never be able to get votes.

— Bert Lance

In politics as in sports, the best defense is a good offense.

— Charlie Kirk

It is absurd to entrust the defense of a country to people who own nothing in it.

— Diodorus Siculus

I'm not a really super-political type of person, and that might change as I get older.

— Tash Sultana

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

— Elon Musk

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all.

— Jon Voight