American politics Quotes · Page 7

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

— Michael Kinsley

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

— Jorge Ramos

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

— George McGovern

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

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

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

— Ambrose Bierce

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

— Ross Douthat

“...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

For almost 50 years polls have shown that a large majority of the public believe that the budget should be balanced, and…

— Herbert Stein

They [Nicaragua] haven't had elections because they are in a state of seige by the United States. They would have had elections…

— Allen Ginsberg

From where many of us in the U.K. sit, American politics is hopelessly polarized. All kinds of issues get bundled up into…

— N. T. Wright

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

— William Kristol

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

— Charles Krauthammer

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

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

— Max Cleland

“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

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

— Dan Carter

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

— Rick Perlstein

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

— Theodore White

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

— Chuck Palahniuk

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

— David Lammy

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

— Jesse Jackson

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

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

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

— Ernest Hollings

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

— Ronald Reagan

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

— John Gunther

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

— Danny Strong

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

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Richard Peters

We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

— Jerry Brown

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

— Carmen Carrera