Political Quotes · Page 39

The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's…

— Camille Paglia

Right now, we live in bad times in this country, and the fact that there are filmmakers addressing political and social issues…

— Errol Morris

The idea of legally establishing inalienable, inherent and sacred rights of the individual is not of political but religious origin.

— George Jellinek

If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

— Samuel Johnson

We're building an independent political program that can run electoral politics and then turn on a dime to hold our leaders to…

— Richard Trumka

Of all persecuted sects, the Baptists stand forth as most prominent, simply and only because they aim at a more complete and…

— John Quincy Adams

The state itself becomes more and more identified with the interests of those who run things than with the interests of the…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

Ebola haunted Zaire because of corruption and political repression. The virus had no secret powers, nor was it unusually contagious. For centuries…

— Laurie Garrett

Unfortunately, the Obama administration is more interested in furthering its political agenda than in following the law.

— Luther Strange

Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't.

— Brad Holland

A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the…

— Joschka Fischer

What this generation was bred to at television's knees was not wisdom, but cynicism.

— Pauline Kael

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I…

— Simon Cowell

There can be no peace in the world so long as a large proportion of the population lack the necessities of life…

— John Boyd Orr

I felt when I was elected that the most important task on this island [Ireland] was to extend the hand of friendship…

— Mary Robinson

Politics is not like an ocean voyage or a military campaign... something which leaves off as soon as reached. It is not…

— Plutarch

What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.

— James Hansen

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

— Lord Acton

According to me when former governors join the political mainstream, the whole cause propagated for autonomy of the institutions, itself gets impacted.…

— Arun Jaitley

Time and again in this century, the political map of the world was transformed. And ineach instance a new world order came…

— George H. W. Bush

Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization.

— Feisal Abdul Rauf

I will help the good fight continue until that long awaited moment arrives, when our rights are equal and when the political…

— Anne Hathaway

Treating people fairly and with civility is not a bad thing... It would be good for our country if political leaders actually…

— Jeb Bush

Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country,…

— Eliza Griswold

[John] Adams identified himself with the political theories of [James] Harrington, [John] Locke, and [Charles-Louis] Montesquieu, whose ideas of constitutionalism, he believed,…

— Gordon S. Wood