Politics Quotes · Page 414

Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.

— Alexander Pope

My early years as a political activist were dominated by the poll tax.

— Nicola Sturgeon

It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.

— Camille Paglia

It's time the government stopped using taxes to reward winners and losers in love.

— S.E. Cupp

The most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory.

— Dick Morris

Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.

— Barney Frank

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

— William Penn

In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.

— Rick Perry

When I say all of this stuff about Turkey, people don't understand. They think I don't like Turkey. I love Turkey. I…

— Enes Kanter

Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger…

— Mitt Romney

The real fabric of American society is not all those flags you see on people's cars...it's in the Bill of Rights and…

— John Adams

As a politician, I worked very, very hard in order to maintain the unity of our country. That was my aim.

— Omar al-Bashir

Knowing who you are and what guns you own was indeed the key to the massive gun theft by government in Australia…

— Wayne LaPierre

“I have two enemies in all the world, Two twins, inseparably fused: The hunger of the hungry and the fullness of the…

— Marina Tsvetaeva

My government has been playing catch-ups building the schools, hospitals, roads and transport links our state needs to deal with our growing…

— Gladys Berejiklian

There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it…

— Zephyr Teachout

Waiver of farm loans is not an ideal solution. To ensure that the situation is not repeated, the government should focus on…

— M. S. Swaminathan

“I need to say this – you shouldn't trust any government, actually including this one. You should not trust government – full…

— Nick Clegg

That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought…

— Benjamin Franklin

“I tried hard to imagine my poems or any poems as machines that could make things happen, changing the government, or the…

— Ben Lerner

Suits obviously had helped to promote bad government and he was as guilty as anyone for wearing them so steadfastly for twenty…

— Jim Harrison

“It appears that we've given up on the long-range view. That we've decided not to think about consequences—about cause and effect. Maybe…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The government is always looking for something that appears more dangerous than itself, and these criminals seem to fit the bill. Never…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

What's wrong with politics in the celebrity billionaire analysis is politicians. Populism is not so much a cry for economic equality, or…

— Michael Wolff

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

— Ehud Olmert

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our…

— Walter Cronkite

Don't drag the Mossad into political arguments. These are people who can't defend themselves.

— Benny Gantz

A modern liberal is someone who doesn't care what you do, as long as it's compulsory.

— M. Stanton Evans

The reason families need two incomes today is not to support themselves but to support the government.

— Dick Armey

See how he throws his baited lines about,/And plays his men as anglers play their trout.

— Anonymous

I don't know how you overcome the dearth of scientists in the government positions.

— Nina Fedoroff

Public influence is the real government of the world.

— Josiah Warren

Loving America doesn't mean agreeing with every policy or politician. It's not required.

— Jon Husted

Marijuana is a very dangerous drug. Some people smoke it just once and go directly into politics.

— Barry Crimmins

There's a lot of political things happening out there that I'd really have to get away from.

— Jimi Hendrix

“she learned slowly and painfully that it was easier to overthrow a government than to create a one...”

— Lynne Withey

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

— Ferdinand Mount

It is less important to redistribute wealth than it is to redistribute opportunity.

— Arthur H. Vandenberg

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

— Gerald F. Lieberman