Politics Quotes · Page 355

Acceptance by government of a dissident press is a measure of the maturity of a nation.

— Anonymous

I identify with a different political ideology and therefore that shades the way people view me.

— Daniel Cameron

I'm not really involved with politics... I'm living in my cocoon with my classical music around.

— Eva Green

The Muse is mute when public men Applaud a modern throne.

— William Butler Yeats

“When unlimited and unrestricted by individual rights a government is men's deadliest enemy.”

— Ayn Rand

I'm not deeply ideologically driven. I believe in good center-right politics.

— John Key

[Sarah] Palin is solidifying her status as a bona fide American cultural heroine.

— Camille Paglia

Democracy alone, of all forms of government, enlists the full force of men's enlightened will.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions…

— Brian Baird

In America, economic, cultural and political power is dispersed. In the U.K., centralisation is a gift to the vested interests.

— Steve Hilton

All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Whether we're at war or have been attacked, the foundation of society is that you hold to the laws in place. I…

— Steven Hatfill

“What is governing to a man that can rule himself? If he cannot rule himself, how shall he rule others?”

— Confucius

My father was a typical Irish father. He was a nice, hard working, driven guy. His politics were very conservative and I…

— Ardal O'Hanlon

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.

— Laurence Olivier

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in…

— Philip Hammond

“But politics ain’t a game to me. Never been a game, but too many people think it is.” He gestured to the…

— J.D. Trafford

I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no…

— Jimmy Carter

No matter what anyone may say about making the rich and the corporations pay the taxes, in the end they come out…

— Calvin Coolidge

Since it is to the advantage of the wage-payer to pay as little as possible, even well-paid labor will have no more…

— Hilaire Belloc

Such are the mass of the supporters of either party. They derive their political opinions originally from some family tradition or some…

— Hilaire Belloc

The prospect of a government that treats all its citizens as criminal suspects is more terrifying than any terrorist. And even more…

— Joseph Sobran

In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through…

— Andrew Jackson

You don't say 'they all do it' unless you know you've been doing it too.

— Christopher Hitchens

Washington shouldn't be playing political games with the paychecks of hardworking Texans.

— Colin Allred

Politics is pointless if it does nothing to enhance the beauty of our lives.

— Howard Zinn

Russian talk of political evil is as natural as eating.

— Joseph Brodsky

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

— Leonard Peltier

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

“A democracy of mean and ignorant people is just as scary as any other horrible form of government.”

— Bryant McGill

“No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.” Their”

— James S.A. Corey

The emotional security and political stability in this country entitle us to be a nuclear power.

— Anthony Mason

When you are in the infrastructure sector, you've to work along with the government.

— Gautam Adani

“Doing the right thing is apparently harder than it sounds when politics are involved.”

— Cassie Dandridge Selleck

I never get into local politics and believe in giving a long rope to people.

— Kirron Kher

Is it possible to be anything in this country without being a politician?

— Martin Van Buren

When those who are governed do too little, those who govern can - and often will - do too much.

— Ronald Reagan

Foreign policy is conducted for the convenience and enjoyment of people in Washington.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

I fought for the U.S. government. I live in New York. I pay taxes in America.

— Shaggy