Politics Quotes · Page 387

Economic policy and decision making do not function in a political vacuum.

— Manmohan Singh

Many candidates use a political autobiography to sell their candidacy.

— Ari Melber

Those actors who took to politics are those who were not doing well in films.

— Asrani

If the government can't track illegals, then let's outsource the job to UPS or FedEx.

— Mike Huckabee

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We cannot encourage a process that has a political saliva test administered by candidates.

— William Kovach

In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

— Brian Mulroney

“The world's most elusive criminal is the government.”

— Tamerlan Kuzgov

The American system of political spending is so unregulated that it might make Adam Smith rethink free markets.

— Jon Meacham

Violence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill…

— John Lennon

“When the positive revolution takes hold it will no longer be enough for politicians to gain points through attack or being negative.…

— Edward De Bono

In the years of the Reagan-Bush administration alone, about 1.5 million people were killed by South Africa just in the surrounding countries.…

— Noam Chomsky

Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say,…

— Evgeny Morozov

I'm not running for office. I don't have to be politically correct. I don't have to be a nice person. Like I…

— Donald Trump

What's so cool about God and our government is that you can make a mistake, and they will forgive you if you…

— Tom Lister, Jr

I've seen it with my own eyes: When government takes money from the poor and the middle class, everyone suffers.

— Mike Quigley

For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom, the right to freely express opinion and…

— Olof Palme

In World War II, the government went to the private sector. The government asked the private sector for help in doing things…

— Carly Fiorina

I certainly enjoy going on stage and lecturing and talking to Congress. That's a personality explanation. And given government proposals, I thought…

— Whitfield Diffie

And, as a consequence of the pressure that we've applied over the last couple of weeks, we have Syria -- for the…

— Barack Obama

“In all times and in all places, whatever may be the name that the government takes, whatever has been its origin, or…

— Errico Malatesta

What happens in Israel, it's not so divided between being a film actor, or a TV actor - usually, we just do…

— Meital Dohan

A political race today, even a primary, is $150 million. The whole political system has become obscene in terms of the absurd…

— Mike Huckabee

“World leaders, global icons, role models, celebrities, presidents, politicians, and other influential figures often avoid speaking about or involving themselves in issues…

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.”

— Gerald Ford

I was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.

— Michael Crichton

Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film.

— Jesse Ventura

I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.

— Lewis Gordon Pugh

Politics and hypocrites is turning us all into lunatics.

— Marvin Gaye

“The most perilous moment for a bad government is one when it seeks to mend its ways.”

— Alexis de Tocqueville

There's some politicians who still seriously believe that we haven't got global warming.

— Ridley Scott

A Patriot is someone who stands for his country always, and for his government when it is deserved.

— Mark Twain

You can't change Washington from the inside, you can only change it from the outside.

— Barack Obama

“You can always count on the government to do the right thing, after it’s tried everything else.”

— J.C. Ryan

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I don't even know if people even care what a 27-year-old Jewish kid thinks about politics.

— Joe Mande

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.

— Richard Mourdock

We owe the government taxes. We owe our creditors interest. What do these powers owe us?

— Anna Deavere Smith

The government has to be on the side of the people if the corporations take too much power.

— Ian Bremmer

Government is basically a parasite, and if the host doesn't grow, then government suffers.

— Jeb Bush