American politics Quotes · Page 6

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

— James Carville

There was always the paranoid strain in American politics, particularly on the Right.

— Charlie Sykes

That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.

— William Kristol

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

— Jorge Ramos

Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling.

— Argus Hamilton

What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.

— Michael Kinsley

The leaders of the Democratic Party aren't soft on Communism. They're soft on Democracy.

— Jack Kemp

I will say that I think Israel enjoys strong bipartisan support in the United States. It's really above and beyond American politics.

— Benjamin Netanyahu

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

— Henry Adams

Jesse Helms wants me to move to the right, Lowell Weiker wants me to move to the left, and Teddy Kennedy wants…

— Ronald Reagan

Deepfakes - seemingly authentic video or audio recordings that can spread like wildfire online - are likely to send American politics into…

— Ben Sasse

“...sometimes offering a quality daily opinion about what’s going on in American politics feels like trying to compose a beautiful symphony using…

— Caitlin Johnstone

I wish it were simply a nightmare, but I think that any reasonable person watching American politics would come to the conclusion…

— Robert Reich

After I left the White House, I kept a foothold in the business of American politics; as a talk-show host, analyst, commentator,…

— Dee Dee Myers

“Through a process of transference, leftists blame their victims for being and doing what they themselves are and do. In a sick…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Fear and hatred are the legacy of Ronald Reagan. America's vision of peace and freedom [is being] blasted by the guns of…

— Alan Cranston

When the Constitution was written in 1787, there was this supposition that American politics would be above party. The people who would…

— H. W. Brands

Obama is not just a powerful speaker, but a thinker engaged with the ideas of his country and his age--this argument by…

— Martha Minow

In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest…

— Henry A. Kissinger

I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done…

— James Howard Kunstler

There are cycles in American politics. US cycles are even more pronounced because we Americans have a totally entrepreneurial presidential system. We…

— Charles Krauthammer

I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam…

— Max Cleland

The Hispanic population grew by 4.7 percent last year, while blacks expanded by 1.5 percent and whites by a paltry 0.3 percent.…

— Dick Morris

Senator John McCain is unlike anybody else in not - not just in the Senate but in American politics. He's unlike anybody…

— Rachel Maddow

PRESIDENCY, n. The greased pig in the field game of American politics.

— Ambrose Bierce

American politics is always somewhat fluid. In this age of social media, it means that voters can swing back and forth.

— Barack Obama

Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.

— Ronald Reagan

Reaganism is not only at odds with the Judeo-Christian heritage, it will not work.

— George McGovern

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

— Anonymous

American politics is theatre. There is a frightening emotionalism at national conventions.

— Robert Dallek

The reason he [Jimmy Carter] says he never lies is because he thinks the truth originates with him.

— Lester Maddox

The world of American politics is more contentious than it has ever been in my lifetime.

— Chuck Palahniuk

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

— Theodore White

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics.

— Ross Douthat

When we do in Grenada what the Soviet Union did in Czechoslovakia and Afghanistan, we lose moral authority and credibility.

— Jesse Jackson

For even the most seasoned observers of American politics, Barack Obama is a phenomenon.

— David Lammy

The [Carter] administration doesn't know the difference between a diplomat and a doormat.

— Ronald Reagan

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

— Danny Strong

I like to think of myself as an active American in our politics, but I get lost sometimes watching everything.

— Carmen Carrera

“In the high-octane, low responsibility world of American politics it was better to be seen as crazy than weak.”

— Richard Peters