Politics Quotes · Page 784

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the…

— Tony Benn

[I] never understood [what a republican government was and] I believe no other man ever did or ever will.

— John Adams

Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.

— Carles Puigdemont

When you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria.

— Bashar al-Assad

Our democracy only works when the official opposition does its job of opposing the government of the day and offers a clear…

— Gina Miller

Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources.

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below…

— Cher

Circumstances in the world of politics contribute substantially to whether or not you can be successful.

— Willie Brown

“Syria, there are clear red lines when it comes to politics and religion, but people’s personal habits are not considered part of…

— John R. Bradley

“I was taken to a villa to meet Sabri al-Banna, known as 'Abu Nidal' ('father of struggle'), who was at the time…

— Christopher Hitchens

“If the goal of feminism is to end patriarchy and gender-based oppression, then transgender politics supplies us one of the most important…

— Shiri Eisner

“As far as I know, only politicians can make this kind of miracle staying more than 30 years of their entire life…

— Frederick Vanderbuilt

At what point do the people tell the politicians to go to hell? At what point do they get off the couch,…

— Erick Erickson

A politician is not allowed to get too emotional in public, so what he does is drop subtle hints that, over time,…

— Anonymous

Our Bill of Rights, the most precious part of our legal heritage, is under subtle and pervasive attacks... In the struggle between…

— Earl Warren

It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication…

— James Madison

“Mankind will never know peace until the last politician is strangled to death with the entrails of the last priest.”

— J.Adam Snyder

I felt strongly that the government didn't care about schools and communities like mine and I wanted to do something about it.

— Rachel Reeves

In all my years in state government, it has been an honor to witness the devoted, loyal service of state employees.

— Mike Parson

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises,…

— Herbert J. Muller

Whenever I tour my district and I ask small businesspeople 'what can I do to help?,' they tell me to just get…

— Diane Black

In the rough and tumble world of business, media, or politics, the black knitted tie is indeed indispensable.

— Roger Stone

Bonnie and Clyde were almost like a modern-day Robin Hood, stealing 'the government's money.' I think that's a bit of why they…

— Lane Garrison

Fashion and politics are almost the same industry, in many regards, because it's about identity, and it's cyclical, and people get really…

— Christopher Wylie

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests.…

— Woodrow Wilson

“The prevailing quality of life in America -- by any accepted methods of measuring -- was unarguably freer and more politically open…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

— Michael Newdow

Presidents cannot always kick evil-minded persons out of the front door. Such persons are often selected by the electors to represent them.

— Herbert Hoover

However difficult it may be to bring it about, some form of world government, with agreed international law and means of enforcing…

— John Boyd Orr

Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing.

— Dennis Kucinich

What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average…

— Terry Pratchett

“And Boomer (and thus American) politics will continue to be driven by life cycle, with the Boomers’ desire to maintain old-age benefits…

— Bruce Cannon Gibney

Much of the discussion about socialism and individualism is entirely pointless, because of failure to agree on terminology.

— Theodore Roosevelt

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

— Florence Ellinwood Allen

When I was growing up, around the dinner table, we'd just be talking about politics because my dad loved politics.

— Steve Doocy

If it weren't the problem of politics for me, it would be another. And yet, sometimes it's so difficult. And I feel…

— Julie Nixon Eisenhower

I must express my protest against continually increasing the debt without taking positive steps to slow its growth.

— Joe Biden

My political views have never made me insensitive to the pain and suffering caused to the innocent victims of events such as…

— Claire Fox

I was grateful for the opportunity to make a difference. The political violence really started in 1970-1971. The political difficulties start a…

— John Hume

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals' suffering? Because government is not. Why not?…

— Paul Harvey