Politics Quotes · Page 373

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning.

— Jon Stewart

Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.

— Harold Pinter

“Live for your country, die to yourself; live for yourself, die to your country.”

— Anthony Liccione

“party politics and religion now substituting for class conflict.”

— Howard Zinn

All powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial, derive, under God, from the people.

— Anonymous

It's really important if you're in politics to have a loyal friend.

— Luther Strange

I have never run for office and I don't have political experience. But I do have life experiences.

— Angela Stanton-King

Good performance in government was never Imran's target.

— Reham Khan

I want to write songs, and I would like to play and sing them. I'm not a politician; I'm not a comedian.…

— Laura Jane Grace

The federal government has an exceptionally poor record of behaving responsibly with Americans' personal information when entrusted with it.

— Jared Polis

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

— Jarvis Cocker

I do believe ultimately the role is of our state government to ensure every child in this state has a great public…

— Gretchen Whitmer

Global governance needs recalibrating so it works in the public interest of all the world's citizens - not just for the few.

— Winnie Byanyima

“The multitude," Cavendish says, "is always desirous of a change. They never see a great man set up but they must pull…

— Hilary Mantel

The political world is defined by relationships rather than transactions, and by numerous actors at home and abroad with independent power. Navigating…

— Richard N. Haass

If the choice is between a political party and the well-being of their children, parents will choose their children - every time.

— Jessica Tarlov

You don’t know what order with freedom means! You only know what revolt against oppression is! You don’t know that the rod,…

— Gustav Landauer

“In the United States, the two-party system works as a way to manufacture an artificial group identity, akin to an ethnic or…

— Jason F. Stanley

Selection [of UN delegates] by governments cannot give the peoples of the world the feeling of being fairly and proportionately represented. The…

— Albert Einstein

What we are seeing in cities such as Chicago, Athens and other dead zones of capitalism throughout the world is the beginning…

— Henry Giroux

It depends on the consent of the people to decide whether kings or consuls or other magistrates are to be established in…

— Robert Bellarmine

“No one can imagine the kind of pressure being president of the U.S. imposes on an individual and how easily a president…

— Ronald Kessler

As I've said many times, the nuclear deal was never intended to resolve all of our differences with Iran. But still, engaging…

— Barack Obama

My mother didn't feel sorry for herself, she was left with no child support, no alimony at a very young age, with…

— Kellyanne Conway

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

— Anonymous

“Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its ten thousands.”

— Seán O'Casey

When has politics ever truly represented the individual?The answer is often devastating.

— Howard John Davies

I prefer to work at the policy level, on trying to fix flawed government policies.

— Henry Paulson

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could.

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

The American people don't want the government telling them how to start or manage a business.

— John E. James

If I have an idea, I can actualize it through our political leaders.

— Aliko Dangote

WHAT is America but beauty queens, millionaires, stupid records and Hollywood?

— Adolf Hitler

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

— Enrique Pena Nieto

But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with.

— Jonathan Mayhew

I really got to a point where I thought maybe I would want to be involved politically.

— Daniel J. Evans

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

— Joe Biden

In politics, as on the sickbed, people toss from side to side, thinking they will be more comfortable.

— Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Young politicians should be promoted by our leaders.

— Kunal Kapoor

Government does the least good and the most harm through subsidies.

— James Cook

Acting is my profession while politics is my obsession.

— Shatrughan Sinha