Politics Quotes · Page 407

Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.

— Norman Cousins

The laws of the lowly gangster govern Qaddafi and his sons.

— Hisham Matar

If nominated, I won't run; If elected, I won't serve.

— William Tecumseh Sherman

What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?

— James Madison

As opposed to journalists, politicians cannot make do with questions. They must also offer answers.

— Yair Lapid

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined

— Bob Geldof

I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.

— Gail Collins

Government never adapts quickly to new challenges, but our slow-footedness on cyber is unparalleled.

— Ben Sasse

“Freedom means not only that our economic activity ought to be free and voluntary, but that government should stay out of our…

— Ron Paul

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man…

— Lyn Nofziger

“I had a dream my house was on fire, and I tried to rescue all the cats—and none of the politicians. You…

— Jarod Kintz

So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. My government will…

— Narendra Modi

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics,…

— Shirley Temple

Things use to be real nice, til they got out of hand. Since they moved in, they call themselves the Taliban.

— Toby Keith

Americans must either choose big government and be willing to pay for and submit to it, or they must move toward smaller,…

— Oliver DeMille

A true patriot does not confuse government with country. A patriot's loyalty is to his country, and loyalty to country requires holding…

— Paul Craig Roberts

The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free…

— Noam Chomsky

People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are…

— Vaclav Havel

I believe in humanity - not just you or Mother, but all mankind. Do I sound like a preacher or a cheap…

— F. Sionil José

The government of Qatar, as I mentioned, has proposed to come and lease Kenya's Tana River delta in order to farm there.…

— Wangari Maathai

“And in that dismal restaurant, surrounded by the simple government clerks who sat there repairing the wear and tear of their humble…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Had the United States and the United Kingdom gone on alone to capture Baghdad, under the provisions of the Geneva and Hague…

— Norman Schwarzkopf

While I was studying film at the Academy, the problems started. I wasn't a political activist directly in the time of Saddam…

— Hassan Blasim

It's a political and manipulative industry. Actors vie for the same roles, movies are snatched away. Have I ever been manipulated? Yes.…

— Anonymous

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of gut and gravel.

— Henry David Thoreau

We will use political power as a tool to improve the lives of the people.

— Mayawati

It's a sin to be rich, but it's a low down shame to be poor.

— Lightnin' Hopkins

We are not seeking revolution. We just want democracy.

— Joshua Wong

Government should make tough decisions in the larger national interests, even if it upsets the people.

— Sharad Pawar

I don't think of myself in a political way, though I am definitely a feminist.

— Nicole Holofcener

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.

— Roger Mahony

Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.

— Janice Rogers Brown

He plead insanity like they do now all the time. Sir, what would you have done in 1859?

— Hank Williams, Jr

I'm a politician. I believe that we can change any rule.

— Geert Wilders

When I was boxing I made five million and wound up broke, owing the government a million.

— Joe Louis

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

— Lord Acton

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.

— Anonymous

“There has never been a more important time to vote for the Green Party!”

— Steven Magee

“The good people of a nation always vote a bad leader as a president in Africa”

— Aboagye Williamson De-graft