American politics Quotes · Page 6

If you're tempted to believe with Governor Cuomo that government is just like Mom and Pop rather than Big Brother, just ask…

— Paul Laxalt

The classic rules of American politics are dying, if not dead, if you look at the last two presidential elections. An African-American…

— Eric Garcetti

There have always been people in American politics that wanted America to be more like the rest of the world. And In…

— Marco Rubio

The new rule in American politics is that no one can make it to the White House without the Hispanic vote.

— Jorge Ramos

“This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum.”

— Elbert Hubbard

Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is…

— Steve Forbes

[If the Democratic nominee turns out to be] Walter Mondale, I hope he picks Representative Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate. It…

— Hendrik Hertzberg

Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

— Garry Trudeau

I'm at a place of deep cynicism about American politics.

— Grace Dunham

In Britain, we have strict spending limits for elections. It's what has kept Britain from following the path of American politics, where…

— Christopher Wylie

Well, it is alarming to have a president [Reagan] who doesn't know what he is doing.

— McGeorge Bundy

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout…

— Anonymous

We should have at least one new idea in the job training part of the platform. Otherwise, why don't we just take…

— Tim Wirth

I'm Canadian so American politics are not really in my wheelhouse.

— Ryan Gosling

The Tea Party isn't out to be a third force in American politics. Instead, it has infiltrated the Republicans and remoulded them…

— Andrew Neil

Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive.

— John Harwood

The spectacle [of American politics] resembles that of swarms of insects changing from worms to wings. They must get the wings ordie.…

— Henry Adams

Bringing climate change to the forefront of American politics means making politicians feel the heat - in their campaign coffers and at…

— Tom Steyer

American politics are rich with characters and stereotypes - Joe the Plumber, Harry and Louise, Nascar dads and hockey moms, to name…

— Steve Kornacki

In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing;…

— Matt Taibbi

Politics is a rough and tumble business, and yet there seems to be an effort by the commentariat to sanitise American politics…

— James Carville

Christians belong in American politics because there is not and cannot be a fundamental separation between our moral vocation and our citizenship.

— Alan Keyes

“The result of these trends is that today the courts, unrestrained by higher law and disdainful of majority will, are the dominant…

— Charles W. Colson

The presidential candidates are offering prescriptions for everything from Iraq to healthcare, but listen closely. Their fixes are situational and incremental. Meanwhile,…

— Anonymous

For all the talk about the bitterness and the partisanship in American politics, is it really that bitter and partisan? Think of…

— William Kristol