Politics Quotes · Page 558

A big mistake in politics is to think that because an issue appears to have been settled, it doesn't exist anymore. You…

— Philippe Couillard

My experiences building Palantir and running Addepar made me aware of serious problems with government and inspired me to build a non-profit…

— Joe Lonsdale

I'm not a political comic at all, so it would be weird if I just turned into a preachy, sort-of political commentator.

— Lisa Lampanelli

Keep a goverment poor and weak and it's your servant; when it is rich and powerful it becomes your master.

— H. Beam Piper

All forms of government ultimately are not going to succeed in trying to control or censor the Internet.

— Rupert Murdoch

I had my doubts about 'Yes, Prime Minister' being successful in the U.S. because your system of government is so different than…

— Nigel Hawthorne

I have way too shady a background to get into politics. I was a crazy kid - I was in bands, and…

— Michael Kelly

I think Singaporeans will realize that when you vote elected opposition MPs into Parliament, the Government is more responsive and more sensitive…

— Pritam Singh

I feel like a lot of times we're put in a box that people always say: 'Oh, sports and politics should stay…

— Coco Gauff

When it comes to politics, we have an internal glass ceiling. We stand as good a chance as a man to win…

— Marianne Williamson

That people even in well paid jobs choose ever earlier retirement is a severe indictment of our organizations - not just business,…

— Peter Drucker

Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses,…

— Vladimir Lenin

“To the USSR on Stalin's death: "Regardless of the identity of government personalities, the prayer of us Americans continues to be that…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In a democratic society, nothing will ever receive unanimous support. The way to deal with this is to empower elected governments and…

— Erin O'Toole

Large companies and government agencies have a lot to protect and therefore are not willing to take big risks. A large company…

— Peter Diamandis

Just because Nelson has been released doesn't mean the government has done us any favors. We have nothing to be grateful for.…

— Hugh Masekela

If you want a show to talk about politics or the Muslim ban or whatever - someone should make that show. That's…

— Ramy Youssef

Investing in our emerging leaders through the Missouri Leadership Academy is important to improving state government.

— Mike Parson

The only reason for a government service is precisely to provide financial support for an operation that is otherwise unsustainable, or else…

— Llewellyn Rockwell

People expect Byzantine, Machiavellian logic from politicians. But the truth is simple. Trial lawyers learn a good rule: 'Don't decide what you…

— Mario Cuomo

The easy way to make money is to get special political privilege. From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to…

— Charles Koch

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic…

— Diane Paulus

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and…

— Gijs de Vries

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a loud voice at one end and no responsibility at the other.

— Ronald Reagan

If we quickly cast aside our constitutional form of government, then the enemy will not be the terrorists, it will be us.

— John Conyers

“Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore.”

— Daniel Defoe

Generosity is a virtue for individuals, not governments. When governments are generous it is with other people’s money, other people’s safety, other…

— Anonymous

When applied to politics and taken to its extreme, kitsch is the mask of death. Fascism was all aesthetics. There was no…

— John Cusack

'Dhokha' is a film devoid of any political bias. It conveys to the government that when we talk about individuals who are…

— Pooja Bhatt

The American political system is based on the president taking the initiative and Congress responding. With President Trump, it's been the opposite.

— H. W. Brands

A certain amount of taxes is of course indispensable to carry on essential government functions. Reasonable taxes for this purpose need not…

— Henry Hazlitt

Tis much when sceptres are in children's hands, But more when envy breeds unkind division: There comes the ruin, there begins confusion.

— William Shakespeare

When it comes to federal programs, even if states are discriminating, the federal government should not.

— Evan Wolfson

This [2016] is not simply another four-year election. This is a crossroads in the history of our civilization that will determine whether…

— Donald Trump

This week's winner for best comedy line about the war is New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer. Referring to - well, it…

— Ann Coulter

We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority.

— Julian Treasure

I can't in good conscience allow the U.S. government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world…

— Edward Snowden

We need a government which, yes, guarantees basic standards in public services, but which also steps in to protect people's wellbeing as…

— David Blunkett

We can only comment on what we've seen, and what we've seen from the Chilean government is nothing at all.

— Chris Tucker

I don't think we're politically correct when we're private. I don't know what 'politically correct' means.

— Brad Garrett