Politics Quotes · Page 350

It's sad that the U.S. government doesn't fund risky research anymore.

— Peter Diamandis

In 1996, Bill Clinton declared the era of big government over in the State of the Union address.

— Nina Easton

For years politicians have promised the Moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it.

— Richard M. Nixon

Hard work and a good education will take you further than any government program.

— Aaron Schock

“There is a sort of mental treason That smothers dreams outside of reason”

— Mike Corbett

Any [political] party without principles is rudderless and passive.

— Rich Lowry

I've been told to keep my remarks relatively brief. I understand Quayle-hunting season begins at noon.

— Dan Quayle

Unfortunately, governments do not have a philanthropic approach towards future governments.

— Gita Gopinath

An easily accessible and transparent database of contract information will bring sunshine into the confusing and sometimes shadowy practice of government contracting.

— Tom Coburn

“The public must be reduced to passivity in the political realm, but for submissiveness to become a reliable trait, it must be…

— Noam Chomsky

Specialization makes the welfare of the society vulnerable to the market and to political forces beyond national control.

— Robert Gilpin

“Congo, vividly illustrates how political institutions determine economic institutions and, through these, the economic incentives and the scope for economic growth.”

— Daron Acemoğlu

“Politics is the 2'nd oldest Profession. The one you get what we paid for. And the other one WE GET SCREWED!”

— Ron Rinna

We already have two branches of federal government that factor political considerations into their decision-making, and our Founding Fathers determined long ago…

— Thom Tillis

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.

— Norman Mailer

“The real purpose of the opposition is to minimize the amount of money the ruling party will have stolen from the people…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

As an angry 16-year-old Muslim growing up in the West in the aftermath of 9/11, with all of the Islamophobia that ensued…

— Humza Yousaf

The question is: Do we have a shadow government? And if we do, who are those intelligent minority that is guiding us…

— Glenn Beck

“Bannon’s entire political career, such as it was, had been in political media. It was also in Internet media—that is, media ruled…

— Michael Wolff

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based…

— Mahmoud Abbas

The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused…

— Herbert Croly

“Whatever is the cause of taxes to a Nation, becomes also the means of revenue to Government. Every war terminates with an…

— Thomas Paine

“People everywhere were being told that this war was no continuation of politics by other means, no traditional struggle for limited objectives.…

— G.J. Meyer

“You were satisfied to serve the power of your nation and we dreamed of giving ours her truth. It was enough for…

— Albert Camus

Government is an apparatus of compulsion and coercion.

— Ludwig von Mises

There aren't a lot of political dramas on TV, and those that are tend to be American.

— Jed Mercurio

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.

— Paul Keating

It's exciting to me that people know that I'm someone who's very political.

— Kerry Washington

Whenever government abandons law, it proclaims anarchy.

— Edmund Burke

You can't leave the fight against terrorism to the government because it affects us as well.

— Soha Ali Khan

I am such a coward when it comes to political arguments. I tend to sort of recoil rather than engage.

— John Lithgow

The government is sending some terrible signs about what we really stand for.

— Crispin Blunt

“Politics is downstream from culture and not the other way around.”

— Timothy S. Goeglein

Parents know best for their children, not the government!

— Jim Bob Duggar

Politics ought to be fun. It shouldn't be just boring meetings.

— Jim Hightower

There's not a dime's worth of difference between Obama and Romney.

— Virgil Goode

Never quit politicking and never underestimate your opponent.

— Gus Franklin Mutscher

“Politics is almost never violent toward the people who are actually making the political decisions.”

— Mur Lafferty

We all need a government that solves our real problems and is not preoccupied with itself.

— Benny Gantz

Nobody got half of my politics because I was saying everything should be free.

— Bez