Politics Quotes · Page 388

I never believe any politician talking about popular culture.

— Howard Jacobson

There is no more great men; there is only great committees.

— Marshall McLuhan

I suppose I've always put the career, the job and politics, all of that first.

— Leo Varadkar

There will be no surprises and no excuses from a Coalition government, Barrie.

— Tony Abbott

In this game of politics, it's always kind of blame.

— Anonymous

I believe transparency in government is key to restoring our nations faith in its elected leaders.

— Kirsten Gillibrand

In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete.

— Mark McKinnon

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and to degrade religion.

— Hugo Black

The President proclaims war, and those Senators who dissent are not those who know better, but those who can afford to...Democracy becomes…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We were poor, but we didn't know it. There were no government bureaus in those days presuming to determine where poorness begins…

— Paul Harvey

Most people would agree that the E.U. is too bureaucratic, not transparent or democratic enough and that it often interferes too much…

— Nicola Sturgeon

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous,…

— Woodrow Wilson

“President Trump is doing a great job of demonstrating that politicians routinely lie to their electorate.”

— Steven Magee

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we…

— Jose Saramago

We live in times of wonderful technology and crappy politics. The task before us now is not to let the latter destroy…

— L. Neil Smith

Donald Trump tapped into the anger of a declining middle class that is sick and tired of establishment economics, establishment politics and…

— Bernie Sanders

Since taking office, President Obama has signed into law spending increases of nearly 25 percent for domestic government agencies - an 84…

— Paul Ryan

I have chosen to cast my lot with independent media outlets because I believe that only through independent reporting where you are…

— Jeremy Scahill

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare…

— William Hazlitt

I belong to a bowling team with black and Latino coworkers. And when we get together and we talk about politics -…

— Steve Inskeep

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that…

— Mark Cuban

Michael Moore simultaneously represents everything I detest in a human being and everything I feel obligated to defend in an American. Quite…

— Dennis Miller

Before Katrina, it was a longstanding tradition in our country for political officials to wait until the last minute to warn, to…

— Russel Honore

For years, liberals have demonstrated a near religious devotion to the cause of 'cleaning up elections' with campaign finance reform, the wondrous…

— Anthony Gregory

All my life I've worked to try to correct and perfect our system of government to make it more fair.

— Don Siegelman

A peace that was truly permanent would be the same as a permanent war.

— George Orwell

People are forged in the fire of their first political experience.

— Liz Kendall

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government.

— Woody Allen

Politics has certainly changed a lot in an era of micro-targeting, Super PACs, and Twitter.

— Ari Melber

Government is like physics, you know - for every action, there's a reaction.

— Jesse Ventura

The government's living in its own cloud cuckoo land and it's a cloud of greenhouse gases.

— Bob Brown

So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.

— William J. Clinton

Politics in Washington is a contact sport. But it shouldn't be a personal animosity sport.

— Joe Barton

I spent most of my career in hi tech, not in politics.

— Naftali Bennett

I learned long ago to never be disappointed by people. Especially politicians.

— Chuck Pfarrer

Same bitches throwin shots, but tryna be her I guess its all politics, Condolessa.

— Lil Kim

If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.

— Foster Friess

When Socialism comes, it may be in such a form that we won't like it.

— William Morris

I want to assure you that working in transition period is an ungrateful job for any honest government.

— Robert Kocharian

“I guess what they say is true. Anything the government wants to hide, they stick it in New Mexico”

— Maya Banks