Politics Quotes · Page 338

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

— Eugene V. Debs

Government does not grow by seizing our freedoms, but by assuming our responsibilities.

— Mike Cloud

“If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?”

— Will Rogers

The BJP is trying to make temple and devotion as advantageous to its politics.

— M. K. Stalin

The United States government does not negotiate with terrorists.

— Cofer Black

I will not ever run for political office, I can assure you of that.

— David Petraeus

The only thing government does better than killing is lying and covering things up.

— Edward Britton

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government.

— Jim Doyle

'Conservative,' to me, means someone that has an appreciation for the Constitution, that has an appreciation for a limited government and has…

— Tomi Lahren

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are…

— Mike Huckabee

“Most members of the political elites of north-east Africa have come to resemble gangsters rather than civic political leaders.”

— Alex de Waal

I think that what most surprises anybody who goes into politics from even a modestly cerebral background is the vulgarity of much…

— Chris Patten

I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them.

— Johnny Carson

Government spending? I don't know what it's all about. I don't know any more about this thing than an economist does, and,…

— Will Rogers

When a man refuses to take money from those who give money to politicians, you don't pay the piper and sit back…

— Louis Farrakhan

Only the federal government has the power to spend beyond its current revenue. It shouldn't do that when the economy is at…

— Robert H. Frank

I talk about everything - politics, the economy; the news will give you more material than you can ever use. But relationships?…

— Tony Rock

Whether or not the U.S. government funds circumvention tools, or who exactly it funds and with what amount, it is clear that…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

“Resilience is not just built in individuals. It is built among individuals—in our neighborhoods, schools, towns, and governments. When we build resilience…

— Sheryl Sandberg

My politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different…

— Lily Tomlin

It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every…

— Jonathan Mayhew

A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as…

— Wendell Berry

“..."extreme capitalism": the obsessive, uncritical penetration of the concept of the market into every aspect of American life, and the attempt to…

— James K. Galbraith

“DOGMA: a political belief one is unreasonably committed to, such as the notion that freedom is good and slavery is bad. BIAS:…

— Ellen Willis

Either one lives for politics or one lives off politics.

— Max Weber

I am not someone who tends to advocate for increased government involvement in the private sector.

— Frederick W. Smith

Most of the brothers don't make the kind of scratch I do.

— Cedric Maxwell

Administrative failures can lead to severe political crisis - Parkash Singh Badal is a perfect example.

— Amarinder Singh

“We shouldn’t be talking of politics. Women ought to leave such matters to their husbands.”

— Ken Follett

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.

— Chris Rock

“A missed opportunity? It is like surviving an assassination attempt.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

I find the heated political debate over the burkini both ridiculous and dangerous.

— Isabelle Adjani

Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life.

— David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir

The only way to effectively secure the common good is for the government to remain small.

— Joel Miller

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

— Andrew Sullivan

The U.S. government is actually exceptionally vulnerable.

— Dmitri Alperovitch

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.

— Billy Connolly

I'm going to focus on people and what they need, not on name calling between politicians.

— Charles Schumer

My Government is committed to the equitable development of Jammu, Ladakh and Kashmir.

— Ram Nath Kovind

“The political presence of the masses always culminates in a hellish apocalypse.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila