To be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it. — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
It's a good line to say we're going to get money out of politics. I don't know how realistic it is. — Alexandra C. Pelosi Copy Share Image
Times have changed; so must the lenses through which we see the political future. — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
The moment when a feeling enters the body/ is political. This touch is political — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. — John Perry Barlow Copy Share Image
Career politicians like Marco Rubio worry more about keeping the job than doing the job and are constantly looking for their next… — Carlos Beruff Copy Share Image
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody… — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
Governments produced by the most banal of electoral victories, like those produced by the crudest of coups d'état, will always feel obliged… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
At a time when the public is sour on politicians, have no use for them, Bill Clinton has risen to a different… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
If there were a people consisting of gods, they would be governed democratically. So perfect a government is not suitable to men. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that. — Wallace Shawn Copy Share Image
“Mr. Shit gives politicians a good name. It’s the rest of the politicians who give Mr. Shit a bad name.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Copy Share Image
If I had political responsibility, I would want to prepare for a plan B that would foresee that the European currency union,… — Peer Steinbruck Copy Share Image
You'd think experienced political professionals would know better than to place their trust in exit polls, notoriously inaccurate surveys that had John… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
When I need to take a side, I write a newspaper article and I tell my government, "You should not do that,… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
War is the health of the State. It automatically sets in motion throughout society these irresistible forces for uniformity, for passionate cooperation… — Randolph Bourne Copy Share Image
With divisive curriculum such as Critical Race Theory being taught in schools, and parents who are expressing concerns about curriculum and policy… — Nicole Malliotakis Copy Share Image
When you look at somebody like a Netanyahu, to simply not understand that this is a right-wing politician, a guy who kind… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The problem with the West is that they start with political reform going towards democracy. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen. — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
In F1 too many things overshadow the racing. There is too much politics. — Kimi Raikkonen Copy Share Image
After establishing myself as politician I will take decision about my future in film industry. — Nagma Copy Share Image
We became the first political movement in Italy, and the media didn't even realize it. — Beppe Grillo Copy Share Image
A problem adequately stated is a problem well on its way to being solved. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Deficit, deficit, deficit. The political and media elites are obsessed with the D-word. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake. — Indira Gandhi Copy Share Image
Crime is contagious…if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life. — Fawn Hall Copy Share Image
I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want. — Charlie Peacock Copy Share Image
Ive always considered the government taking one out of every two dollars I earn absolute tyranny. — Steven Van Zandt Copy Share Image
