Politics Quotes · Page 398

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

— Bill Moyers

I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around.

— Kim Campbell

“Modern corporate controlled governments are in the business of covering things up.”

— Steven Magee

“When life gives you lemons, you throw them at the Government”

— SeanCityNavy

“A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”

— George Bernard Shaw

When politicians send their thoughts and prayers with no action, we say, 'No more.'

— David Hogg

“If I run for office, my political platform will be made of wood, and it’ll be made by the people.”

— Jarod Kintz

The deterioration of a government begins almost always by the decay of its principles.

— Charles de Secondat

It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely the institution which has for its object the support and diffusion of religion from…

— Francis Lieber

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to…

— Sebastian Pinera

Not all research is going to be turned into some new innovation, but there are some things that can be and that…

— Dan Lipinski

What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied…

— Henry Rollins

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters…

— Narendra Modi

“He's a two-faced, cutthroat, dirt-dumb, chicken shit, slimy, little bastard with a bright future in politics.”

— John Grisham

I think that one of the questions that I asked of myself in later years was to this point of the political…

— Kehinde Wiley

“Greedy people and power brokers mixing religion and politics to find advantage, trying to exploit good to build strength for themselves.”

— D.C. Macey

You can read it in history books now, but they often suppress the fact that the U.S. government tolerated [Nazi]. It's really…

— Noam Chomsky

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.…

— James F. Cooper

The conclusion that many uniformed military came away from Vietnam with was that political interference, dominance of strategy and even tactics were…

— Robert McFarlane

I want to reduce the size of government in half as a percentage of GNP [gross national product] over the next 25…

— Grover Norquist

I believe that the Constitution is not hostile to the idea that national problems can be solved at the national level through…

— Edward Kennedy

The government's collection authority, under the Patriot Act, is basically limitless. They can get the medical records and financial records, gun purchase…

— Ron Wyden

“Democratic politics is about persuasion, not self-expression. I’m here, I’m queer will never provoke more than a pat on the head or…

— Mark Lilla

And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the…

— Gary Ackerman

If people won't spend any money, the government has this moral obligation to do it.

— Ron Paul

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

— P. T. Barnum

It's this mingling of the economic and political elite which is really destroying our democracy.

— Jill Stein

In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

— Aaron Schock

“Government… the scariest thing we face every Halloween... every day of every year!”

— Robert Armstrong

A year is an eternity in politics - though less than a moment in history.

— Eliot Spitzer

“If you want to get anything done, you don’t go to the government.”

— Alex Shvartsman

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

— Thomas Jefferson

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.

— Shane Claiborne

Donald Trump represents and speaks for people who get nothing from government.

— Rush Limbaugh

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.

— James Cook

A secular worldview hostile to biblical values has overrun our culture and permeated our government.

— Franklin Graham

Creating investment, growing the economy and creating jobs is what this government wants to do.

— Peter Gutwein

I would prefer not to be involved in party politics.

— George Soros

If the government could tax broken hearts, there would be no deficit.

— Anonymous

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

— Margaret Thatcher