Politics Quotes · Page 347

Thus, neither my government nor myself, personally, are without ideals and responsibilities.

— Fatos Nano

It's dismaying to see the unilateralism that the government is doing.

— Edward Norton

Poetry is my politics. It's an opportunity that gives me a way to speak.

— Eileen Myles

The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.

— Hannah Arendt

Government that's not particularly caring and is hands off is not particularly inspiring.

— Maya Soetoro-Ng

I often say that buying 'Heavy Rain' is a political act.

— David Cage

The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst.

— Paul Ryan

The Pledge clearly acknowledges the fact that our freedoms in this country come from God, not government.

— Anonymous

It's fair to say that the policy and character of my government would be, or the government which I lead, would be…

— Leo Varadkar

Unlike most politicians who speak only from their mind, Amar Singhji thinks and speaks both from his mind and heart.

— Jaya Prada

“I like to be able to open a can of stock and I like to talk about politics, or the movies, at…

— Michael Pollan

Above all, ascribe no decent motives to the federal government. Always and everywhere, it is the enemy of truth.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Would I get into politics? I'll just say what I tell people when they ask me this: Pray that everyday citizens like…

— Kamal Haasan

I am proud to represent the first explicitly feminist government in the world, and one that has been at the forefront of…

— Isabella Lovin

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever…

— Malcolm X

I broke down. I hid under the bed because I was afraid that somebody was going to come for me. I don’t…

— Diane Guerrero

Governments having failed the people, the people are entirely justified in assuming for themselves and essential role in government. Where a government…

— Benjamin Franklin

If I were in authority in Singapore indefinitely without having to ask those who are governed whether they like what is being…

— Lee Kuan Yew

There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is…

— Adam McKay

For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can…

— Barack Obama

Think about the difference between how your local gas station and congressman respond to a spike in oil prices. One has the…

— Joel Miller

Business is the most powerful institution on earth today. It is more powerful than politics. Business serves us very well in some…

— Michael Rennie

“He, too, was in the grip of rage and rhetoric. I saw that, attractive though his side of the political spectrum was.…

— Teju Cole

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

— Tom Coburn

“The US goverment proudly boasted Zero Tolerance and implemented the scheme with zero intelligence”

— Morrissey

I have not found a single good man in government; I have found good only in the people.

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

A world technology means either a world government or world suicide.

— Max Lerner

“Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

The government’s not going to create jobs. It doesn’t have to. People have to create jobs...

— Bob Dylan

“A comedian is better than a politician; at least there is no doubt.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

When the President signs this act, the invisible government by the money power will be legalized.

— Charles Lindbergh

Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.

— T. S. Eliot

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

— Bill Gates

I don't think there was really a time when I have not been politically aware.

— Bianca Jagger

Until philosophers hold power, neither states nor individuals will have rest from trouble.

— Plato

I have no doubt that the Congress is active in manipulative politics.

— Amit Shah

I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government

— Henry David Thoreau

I think that has a lot of dangers, as does government surveillance, which is way too high.

— Noam Chomsky

A shocked sense of justice has to be removed and justice restored.

— Ndabaningi Sithole