Politics Quotes · Page 325

The ONLY thing that seems to band all nations together, is that their governments are universally bad.

— Frank Zappa

I value public service and I'm relatively good at organizing political causes.

— Bob Kerrey

Personal virtue is no substitute for political hard-headedness.

— Margaret Thatcher

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

— Christopher Reeve

I have done masters in Political Science but deep down in my heart I wanted to be a dancer.

— Shakti Mohan

Whatever the needs of the public are, the government responds to those needs by getting larger.

— Dave Barry

A prince without letters is a Pilot without eyes. All his government is groping.

— Ben Jonson

“Governments derive their just power from the consent of the governed”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

All political organizations tend to function like a machine, to eliminate the unpredictable factor of affect - emotion.

— William S. Burroughs

“If we don't start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it's going to be literally impossible to restore anything…

— Al Franken

It is one of the little known facts about modern Scottish politics that it is not quite as cut-throat as people think…

— Nicola Sturgeon

Today most funding for science comes through government. That means that you have to be known to be sympathetic to conclusions that…

— Doug Casey

When you put gas in your car you are making a political statement, because you are supporting the empires that control and…

— Javier Bardem

'I am at liberty to vote as my conscience and judgment dictates to be right, without the yoke of any party on…

— Andrew Guzaldo

A nonviolent system of government is clearly an impossibility so long as the wide gulf between the rich and the hungry millions…

— Mahatma Gandhi

As far as bands doing that in a way where they think they're going to fight the government, the only people they're…

— John Petrucci

“Politics aside, empathy is not about being nice or agreeing with the other side. It’s about understanding them. Empathy helps us learn…

— Chris Voss

The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote,…

— Ralph Nader

The man of system, on the contrary, is apt to be very wise in his own conceit; and is often so enamoured…

— Adam Smith

The enactment of the Homestead Act would create the strongest tie between the citizen and the Government-he would with cheerfulness contribute his…

— Andrew Johnson

“Once there was a dictator. He drove millions to various kinds of deaths, by war, in prison, or simply in harsh deserts…

— Geoff Ryman

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife…

— John Bercow

“So, when free-market economists say that a certain regulation should not be introduced because it would restrict the ‘freedom’ of a certain…

— Ha-Joon Chang

“You are put in school to be trained to become exactly what they want you to be: not them, anything but them.…

— craig stone

Things it is not polite to discuss at the dinner table: politics, religion, and the walking dead.

— Mira Grant

Jesus came to save us, not just from politics, enemies, challenges, or difficulties.

— Max Lucado

As is the case with politicians, actors are chosen by people.

— Rishi Kapoor

The only true resistance to this Government... [is] to cease to co-operate with it.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Government doesn't have a high tolerance for failure.

— John Hickenlooper

I'm asking the American people to rise above the noise and the clutter of our broken politics.

— Donald Trump

The Government made by a number of Sovereign States.

— Roger Sherman

When Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the anthem, that's both a sports story and a politics story.

— S.E. Cupp

Our media and political system has turned into a mutual protection racket.

— Bill Moyers

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.

— Winston Churchill

We defend and we build a way of life, not for America alone, but for all mankind.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

I don't believe in political strategies. I believe only to do good for the people.

— Alessandra Mussolini

How can the life of such a man be in the palm of some fools hand?

— Bob Dylan

“Change was, indeed, possible, one person at a time.”

— Mark M. Bello

Politicians are masters of sounding like they agree with you.

— Mike Cloud

Doing politics in Venezuela is a risk, and you can pay with your life.

— Juan Guaido