If you're looking for the phony in American politics, you could do worse than follow the money. — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
Democrats should have learned in 2016 that what counts in American politics is location, not turnout. — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
There was a time when "sound as a dollar" was a description, not a joke. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
“It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.” — Trevanian Copy Share Image
We've had characters like Trump in American politics forever, characters who trade on xenophobia. — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I'd fit in perfectly. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like… — Samuel L. Jackson Copy Share Image
The spectacle [of American politics] resembles that of swarms of insects changing from worms to wings. They must get the wings ordie.… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American… — Zach Galifianakis Copy Share Image
Americans care a lot about authenticity, rightly so. Every election is a quest for the genuine article. This is precisely what makes… — Ben Fountain Copy Share Image
Third parties in America gravitate not only to the extremes, but to irrelevance. (John Anderson's upcoming presidential campaign will undoubtedly confirm both… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
“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
And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A typical vice of American politics the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues, and the announcement of radical policies with… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
To me, the thing that sets us apart from so many other animal species is our ability to ask questions, investigate, gather… — Karyn Kusama Copy Share Image
The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Conservatives complain that the Supreme Court is too liberal. Liberals complain that it's too conservative. Both charges are inaccurate: in reality the… — Benjamin Wittes Copy Share Image
Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“Nixon has been the subject of more psychobiographies than any other politician. His career vindicates one of that maligned genre's most trustworthy… — Rick Perlstein 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
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 Copy Share Image
American politics, like most things, is a story of what statisticians describe as the reversion to the mean. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has fundamentally realigned American politics. It's time the media acknowledge this and give him the credit he deserves. — Stephen Miller Copy Share Image
Walter Mondale once said God has no place in American politics and it turned out that God felt the same way about… — Argus Hamilton Copy Share Image
The thing about American politics, as I've learned, is there is no choice. — Rob Walton Copy Share Image
“America is ignited with the "process of truth." ...see you on the other side... 2016 USA Presidential Elections” — johnjwillard Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is my experience that the best way to deal with American politics is 50 milligrams of Zoloft 3 times a day. — Will Durst Copy Share Image
Barry Goldwater has definitely decided to be a candidate in '64. He will campaign in all thirteen states. — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Fun fact: Kennedy was the first catholic president. Obama was the first black president. Trump is the first mentally ill president.” — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force,… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
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