Politics Quotes · Page 688

Growing inequality is exacerbated by the companies who simply treat workers as commodities, and our governments are cowered by their demands to…

— Sharan Burrow

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed…

— Amy Goodman

If I was not serious about politics, I would not have left behind my successful career to become a politician.

— Ravi Kishan

A lack of government oversight hasn't hindered the Internet. Quite the opposite. A hands-off approach is largely responsible for its fantastic growth…

— Heather Brooke

Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a…

— Jose Mujica

“When the government and electrical utility company jointly harass an electrical fraud researcher, it confirms that the research is progressing in the…

— Steven Magee

The aim of my government is to set up an industrial park at Dhamra. It will bring more investments to the state.

— Naveen Patnaik

I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

— George C. Wallace

The Constitution is brilliant for accountability; for posing factions against each other, to fight amongst themselves in government, which protects our liberty.…

— Ted Cruz

“My mother wasn’t much into politics, but I’m sure she would have assumed that fifty years later, the minimum wage would be…

— Elizabeth Warren

We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Yes, the money could be better spent on Earth. But would it? Since when has money saved by government redlining been spent…

— Mary Roach

“Both incest and the Holocaust have been subject to furious denial by perpetrators and other individuals and by highly organised groups such…

— Janet Walker

“A great deal of democratic enthusiasm descends from the ideas of people like Rousseau, who believed in democracy because they thought mankind…

— C. S. Lewis

It will never be possible for any length of time for any group of the American people, either by reason of wealth…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The civil forfeiture law - if something so devoid of due process can be dignified as law - is an incentive for…

— George Will

“Corporate governments have a long and established history of not prosecuting government officials that have been involved in blatant frauds.”

— Steven Magee

I'm more patriotic than I am political - I appreciate politics but I'm not quite too sure if that's a road I'm…

— Dwayne Johnson

The American people are not just being taxed to death; they're being taxed after death. But, no one should have to sell…

— J. D. Hayworth

Land of snap decisions, land of short attention spans, nothing is savored long enough to really understand.

— Joni Mitchell

What makes him think a middle aged actor [Clint Eastwood], who's played with a chimp, could have a future in politics?

— Ronald Reagan

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

— Andre Malraux

I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to draw a hostile war lord as a…

— Anonymous

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

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

— Ramy Youssef

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

— Pritam Singh

Learning more about America's history and the way our government functions is exciting - and it is necessary.

— Michael Waltz

What I could not support was a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason but on passion, not…

— Barack Obama

“Laws forbidding adoptees from accessing their original birth certificates are outdated and need to be changed today.”

— DaShanne Stokes

Government policies ought to encourage families to stay together and work hard to improve their lives, not punish them.

— Rachel Campos-Duffy

Let's face it: Many on the political right believe this president ought not to be there - they oppose him not for…

— Sam Donaldson

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

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

We must apply a judicial rather than a political standard to the information before us [if choosing a Judge].

— Orrin Hatch

“It’s a sad fact in the political arena that once you get a taste of power, you feel like you know everything.”

— C.G. Cooper

The price of cowardice will only be evil. We shall reap courage and victory only when we dare to make sacrifices.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn