Politics Quotes · Page 823

If history teaches us anything, it teaches that simple-minded appeasement or wishful thinking about our adversaries is folly.

— Ronald Reagan

I am a pragmatist. We are given what we have here in terms of government, so as an anarchist, okay, I'll lean…

— Vermin Supreme

Jewish sovereignty and governance over our ancestral home are, I believe, important goals that every Jew ought to support.

— Edgar Bronfman, Sr

Surplus money allows some people to exercise inordinate power over others: in the workplace; in politics; and above all in the capture,…

— George Monbiot

“A politician often uses an example or analogy as an attempt to make us forget the question he or she is supposedly…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

It's true that monetary policy was too lax for too long, and the government encouraged lending to people who were unlikely to…

— Paul Singer

I can't enter into politico-social subjects with any interest, for on the whole, I see that things are in a muddle, and…

— William Morris

This party is a bit like an old stagecoach. If you drive along at a rapid rate everyone aboard is either so…

— Harold Wilson

Just as it would be madness to settle on medical treatment for the body of a person by taking an opinion poll…

— Plato

“For at the beginning of the twentieth century, the nation had been struggling to find its way. Terror had raged, a second…

— Howard Blum

The political outcome that is desired is one which makes any government sensitive to the pulse of the people and their welfare,…

— Pritam Singh

“At the present time, political power is everywhere constituted on insufficient foundations. On the one hand it emanates from the so-called divine…

— Edouard Schure

“McAllister looked up into her face, his eyes blazing with anger. At last, his composure cracked. ‘That’s right,’ he shouted back. ‘My…

— Nigel Holloway

“A democratic state begins from the assumption that most of those who gravitate toward power are mediocre and probably immoral. It assumes…

— Chris Hedges

If you ask the people who are professional political analysts, they would say that the way redistricting has worked, that the Republicans…

— John Podesta

A magic trick of any sort works because you tell yourself a story about what you see. And politicians use this all…

— Derren Brown

“As you listen to political speech, notice those occasions when politicians and other leaders use the passive voice to avoid responsibility for…

— Roy Peter Clark

Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans…

— Donna Brazile

Much worse than the unavoidable inefficiencies of large government is the failure to fund the government we need.

— Richard Cohen

Politicians, you know Harry Reid hates you. We get it. But when somebody from "The New York Times" or "The Washington Post"…

— Greg Gutfeld

“Hope is not a door, but a sense that there might be a door at some point, some way out of the…

— Rebecca Solnit

A just government maintains a healthy tension between the claims of authority and the claims of liberty.

— Russell Kirk

I was reluctant to be critical of the United States because I thought the United States could do no wrong; that the…

— Eric Kandel

Liberals see racism where it doesn't exist, fabricate it when they can't find it and ignore it within their own ranks.

— Michelle Malkin

Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.

— George Santayana

I recognize that Republicans see a moral difference between a dollar taken away from a millionaire in government benefits and a dollar…

— Timothy Noah

Government schooling is the most radical adventure in history. It kills the family by monopolizing the best times of childhood and by…

— John Taylor Gatto

The right to vote gives every eligible American a voice in our electoral politics. There's too much at stake to stay silent…

— Martin O'Malley

[Donald] Trump doesn't give up and let [the Democrats] have what they want. But people around Trump and some others in the…

— Rush Limbaugh

We need to prioritize ending the influence of corporate special interests and secret money on politicians by limiting the amount of money…

— Tina Smith

“That you are a born again Christian does not mean you will automatically succeed except you follow God's principles. Never forget faith…

— Patience Johnson

We are witnessing an enormous shift of collective consciousness throughout the world. We are at the precipice of great transformation within our…

— Zachary Quinto

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”

— Abhijit Naskar

Donald Trump is having foreign leaders spend their money and our government spend their money on his properties. This is not the…

— Robby Mook

A government should not function based on the pressures of some or others. It should try to adapt a mix of measures…

— Laura Chinchilla

I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic…

— Jimmy Carter

Not being able to govern events, I govern myself, and apply myself to them if they will not apply themselves to me.

— Michel de Montaigne

I think people are tuning out the political class, tuning out the national media, and the American people are just gonna -…

— Mike Pence

Protecting space for civil society and citizenry is particularly critical in a world marked by rising political and economic inequality.

— Winnie Byanyima

How necessary it is at all times to watch against the attempted encroachment of power, and to prevent its running to excess.

— Thomas Paine