“Political parties are on the hunt to search and destroy each other, as though we were involved in some kind of enemy… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
[Facism] that incredibly loaded word we do not associate with the real American politics is being used by other conservatives, by other… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
We picked their cotton. We cooked their food. We nursed their babies. Now we can run their cities. We can run their… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
You know when you're milking a cow and you have all that foamy white milk in the bucket and you're just about… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
We now have a president who tries to save money by turning off lights in the White House, even as he heads… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Now that Mr. Carter has made a book of his diary, an adoring memoir entitled Keeping Faith, the notes read like a… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
The time has come to knock off this religion business in American politics. There's no end to the mischief that can occur.… — Lowell P. Weicker, Jr Copy Share Image
But I also want to change the dynamics of this debate, which has kept us gridlocked into positions which caused people to… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“Since 1877 the driving force of American politics hasn’t primarily been a class struggle or tension between agrarian and commercial interests, or… — Colin Woodard Copy Share Image
The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There is more to American politics than fat cats and their political friends. There are serious-minded liberals who fight the good fight… — G. William Domhoff Copy Share Image
The most momentous fact about the pattern of American politics is that we live under a persistent, obdurate, one might almost say… — Clinton Rossiter Copy Share Image
I'm completely fascinated with American politics because I think they dictate the politics of every nation of the Western world. So, it's… — Nikolaj Arcel Copy Share Image
Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living… — Ed Koch Copy Share Image
Of course, I may go into a strange bedroom every now and then that I don't want you to write about, but… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is… — Susan Estrich Copy Share Image
In modern American politics, being the right kind of ignorant and entertainingly crazy is like having a big right hand in boxing;… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
American politics as you know . . . is very often a matter of capture the flag. The party that loses the… — George F Will Copy Share Image
...it is the Far Right today that establishes the terms of the nuclear debate. And in this context, in a room ringing… — David Talbot Copy Share Image
When it came to the division of power, we did not get from the Jews the slice of cake we deserved... the… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
It's often said of American politics that it's a huge juggernaut and the president can change the direction by two or three… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
...the traces to the East haven been broken, the Republican party will never again be dominated by the editorial writers for the… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
[Richard M. Nixon was] a foul caricature of himself, a man with no soul, no inner convictions, with the integrity of a… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
We couldn't have known - who could've predicted what happened in American politics in the 2016? The rise of racism again, or… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
It is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Michael Kruse made the point that, on the one hand, this seems all totally unprecedented in American politics; on the other hand,… — Susan Glasser Copy Share Image
Press critics worry that the rise of media polarization threatens the foundation of credible, common information that American politics needs to thrive. — John Harwood Copy Share Image
Here is a good bill that's needed in America. If it's unconstitutional, let the U.S. Supreme Court reverse its opinion and get… — Meldrim Thomson, Jr Copy Share Image
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
I think I'm better at triaging and recognizing that my job is not to have an opinion about every single new development… — Andy Kim Copy Share Image
“Progressive policies make your life better. Republican policies make billionaires richer and your life worse. Every lie Trump and Fox News tell… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
It is not white nationalism to believe that growing ideological uniformity in the commanding heights of culture makes American politics more polarized. — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
American politics are rich with characters and stereotypes - Joe the Plumber, Harry and Louise, Nascar dads and hockey moms, to name… — Steve Kornacki Copy Share Image
I'm convinced Mr. Reagan would never be elected- I don't think his views are held by a majority of the American people...it's… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
In American politics, the deepest rivalry is between the rational world and the right wing of the GOP, who are increasingly marginalized… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
“A nation built on ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident’ cannot long survive when its people are taught that no truth… — Brutus Copy Share Image
If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security,… — Hamilton Jordan Copy Share Image
When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
There are times when American politics seems like little more than two groups in a fever to prevent each other from trespassing… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image