American politics Quotes · Page 7

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

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.

— Joy-Ann Reid

You can never underestimate the ability of the Democrats to wet their finger and hold it in the wind.

— Ronald Reagan

Glenn must think he's still in space. He's orbiting the issues faster than he orbited earth.

— Ernest Hollings

“It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.”

— Trevanian

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

“Change might be the most powerful word in American politics. It’s also one of the hardest to define. In 1992 and 2008,…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

You know, compromise can't be a dirty word in American politics. There's plenty to argue about. Trump administration is still talking about…

— Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton, at the end of the debate, what you want viewers to say, yes, she's smart, she's knowledgeable, but she's not…

— Mark Shields

Don't you think that being a person of faith has become a third rail in American politics? If you want to run…

— Bill Maher

We cannot allow ourselves to be silenced by an overbearing Twitter mob, dominated by the extremes of American politics. If we, in…

— Ritchie Torres

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

— William Kristol

To me, the thing that sets us apart from so many other animal species is our ability to ask questions, investigate, gather…

— Karyn Kusama

“It’s not like they didn’t know who he was. The year before, in 2015, Politico magazine ranked Dave number two in its…

— Corey R. Lewandowski

“American politics had two fatal flaws - flaws that led to its downfall.  The first was corruption.  Politicians lied with almost every…

— Richard Stephenson

“One of the most important but least recognized facts in American politics is that Republicans tend to win in places where more…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

“King had marched six weeks earlier through the Mississippi town where the civil rights workers Goodman, Chaney, and Schwerner were murdered. He…

— Rick Perlstein

In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization,…

— Dan Carter

A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia.

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I'd fit in perfectly.

— Barry Goldwater

Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout.

— Bret Stephens

If you're looking for the phony in American politics, you could do worse than follow the money.

— Ben Fountain

There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke.

— Ronald Reagan

Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states.

— George Carlin

“Fun fact: Kennedy was the first catholic president. Obama was the first black president. Trump is the first mentally ill president.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

It is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day.

— Will Durst

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.

— Kirby Dick

I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.

— Barry Goldwater

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent…

— Bob Hope

American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean.

— David Ignatius

It takes quite a bit of nerve for Democrats to complain about inflation. This reminds me of germs complaining about the disease.

— Spiro T. Agnew

Walter Mondale once said God has no place in American politics and it turned out that God felt the same way about…

— Argus Hamilton

The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice.

— Rob Walton

Donald Trump has fundamentally realigned American politics. It's time the media acknowledge this and give him the credit he deserves.

— Stephen Miller