Politics Quotes · Page 317

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.

— P. J. O'Rourke

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

— Joe Biden

We need a modern government that allows people to do more on-line instead of making them wait in line.

— Eric Greitens

Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.

— David Blunkett

I want a government small enough to fit inside the Constitution.

— Harry Browne

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

— Anonymous

Every man who is worth thirty millions and is not wedded to them, is dangerous to the government.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The Pakistani government and its allies must overhaul their policies in Pakistan.

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

The market does not drive the scientists, the communicators, the thinkers, the government to do the right things.

— Bill Gates

It is my settled opinion, after some years as a political correspondent, that no one is attracted to a political career in…

— Auberon Waugh

“As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.”

— John Dewey

“Corporations easily bully governments by threatening to deprive even democratic nations of their wealth. If we try too hard to control them,…

— David Suzuki

My start in politics was watching my parents go to the polls on election day. It reminded me that being an active,…

— Josh Earnest

The same government that requires a taxpaying citizen to document every statement on his tax return decrees that questioning a welfare applicant…

— Ronald Reagan

Sadly, the system in this country is rigged in favor of wealthy elites who have purchased tremendous influence in our government.

— Tulsi Gabbard

Regardless of law, marriage has only one definition, and any government that attempts to change it is my mortal enemy. I will…

— Orson Scott Card

Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will…

— Zephyr Teachout

First of all, let me just say what's interesting about American politics is that if things really get bad here, people say…

— Marco Rubio

The government would also be wise to press on with its further measures to promote growth, as it will want to outperform…

— John Redwood

“And to be blunt—while I know I can’t prove this—I wonder how much of the middle class consists of people in government…

— Tyler Cowen

The idea that we criminalize fellow human beings based on optics, based on the need to progress in politics and gain power,…

— Ava DuVernay

You wouldn't want to underestimate the perfidy of the government. I have no doubt that the government will need to increase revenues…

— Porter Stansberry

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that,…

— James Bovard

I am not in a position to be accurate on news analysis. But what I firmly believe is that Iranian President Rouhani…

— Paolo Gentiloni

You know government needs a haircut. If we keep their spending down, that's more money in your pocket.

— Matt Rosendale

I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money.

— Ralph Norman

Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.

— Aristotle

The member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.

— Robert Novak

The cornerstone of the political correctness that dominates campus culture is radical feminism.

— Phyllis Schlafly

[People] don't like the government telling them what to do or telling them how to live their lives.

— Collin Peterson

This is not an easy time for humorists because the government is far funnier than we are.

— Art Buchwald

No free government can stand without virtue in the people, and a lofty spirit of partiotism.

— Andrew Jackson

I belong to no organized political body. I am a Democrat.

— Will Rogers

Look, the people will elect the government they think best.

— Nawaz Sharif

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

— Brian Eno

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

— Martin Winterkorn

There are a lot of bad republicans; there are no good democrats.

— Ann Coulter

The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute.

— Anonymous

“A job should be given to those who deserve it, not those who demand it.”

— Amit Kalantri

The taxes of government are heavy enough, but not so heavy as the taxes we lay upon ourselves.

— Orville Dewey