--- title: "27 Political Problem Quotes by 25 authors" description: "Browse 27 Political Problem quotes by 25 authors. Discover the best Political Problem sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/yuval-noah-harari-100_21st-century-quotes_terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-pro_1962214.jpg" --- > [“Terrorism is both a global political problem and an internal psychological mechanism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-problem-and-an-internal/) [Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/yuval-noah-harari-100_21st-century-quotes_terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-pro_1962214.jpg) > [In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leonhardt/in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes-may-well-be-the-central/) [David Leonhardt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-leonhardt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/david-leonhardt-50797_findings_in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes_122458.png) > [A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-c-marshall/a-political-problem-thought-of-in-military-terms-eventually-becomes-a/) [George C. Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-c-marshall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/george-c-marshall-13346_military_a-political-problem-thought-of-in-milita_1033949.jpg) > [History causes the military problem to become the essence of the political problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-lenin/history-causes-the-military-problem-to-become-the-essence-of-the/) [Vladimir Lenin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-lenin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5b/vladimir-lenin-1306_causes_history-causes-the-military-problem-to-b_1326246.jpg) > [There is a technical solution to every political problem,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-snowden/there-is-a-technical-solution-to-every-political-problem/) [Edward Snowden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-snowden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/edward-snowden-555_inspirational_there-is-a-technical-solution-to-every-p_3115632.jpg) > [I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kal-penn/i-have-a-huge-political-problem-with-the-role-it-was-essentially-2/) [Kal Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kal-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a4/kal-penn-15106_accepting_i-have-a-huge-political-problem-with-the_2257409.png) > [...the greatest political problem facing the world today is...how to curb the oppressive power of government, how to keep it within reasonable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonard-read/the-greatest-political-problem-facing-the-world-today-is-how-to-curb/) [Leonard Read](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonard-read/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16e/leonard-read-14543_bounds_the-greatest-political-problem-facing-th_1863759.png) > [The main political problem is how to prevent the police power from becoming tyrannical. This is the meaning of all the struggles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/the-main-political-problem-is-how-to-prevent-the-police-power-from/) [Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84c/ludwig-von-mises-364_becoming_the-main-political-problem-is-how-to-pre_2529235.png) > [I have a huge political problem with the role. It was essentially accepting a form of racial profiling. I think it's repulsive.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kal-penn/i-have-a-huge-political-problem-with-the-role-it-was-essentially/) [Kal Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kal-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9be/kal-penn-15106_accepting_i-have-a-huge-political-problem-with-the_2119682.jpg) > [We need to recognize that part our political problem is that we do not participate effectively, that we suffer from a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/we-need-to-recognize-that-part-our-political-problem-is-that-we-do/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/marianne-williamson-90_kind_we-need-to-recognize-that-part-our-polit_2827728.png) > [“And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies: (a) is a problem: Something Must Be Done, (b)…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/and-because-this-is-now-a-political-problem-the-usual-political/) [Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24f/charles-stross-896_political_and-because-this-is-now-a-political-prob_2757558.jpg) > [It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barney-frank/it-is-because-the-fight-against-the-harshest-aspects-of-unrestricted/) [Barney Frank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barney-frank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/barney-frank-3610_action_it-is-because-the-fight-against-the-hars_485298.png) > [The political problem of mankind is to combine three things: economic efficiency, social justice and individual liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-maynard-keynes/the-political-problem-of-mankind-is-to-combine-three-things-economic/) [John Maynard Keynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-maynard-keynes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/797/john-maynard-keynes-1380_economic_the-political-problem-of-mankind-is-to-c_2462991.png) > [The basic problem is for a congressman or a president to get elected, they need obscene amounts of money. And the only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-navarro/the-basic-problem-is-for-a-congressman-or-a-president-to-get-elected/) [Peter Navarro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-navarro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86d/peter-navarro-10165_corporations_the-basic-problem-is-for-a-congressman-o_1824470.jpg) > [You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jewel/you-have-to-realize-ok-i-don-t-know-how-to-solve-a-political-problem/) [Jewel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jewel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/227/jewel-1833_figure-skating_you-have-to-realize-ok-i-don-t-know-how_626658.jpg) > [We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-ireland/we-have-to-stop-this-violence-we-have-to-make-the-political-nature-of/) [Patricia Ireland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-ireland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/411/patricia-ireland-16362_clear_we-have-to-stop-this-violence-we-have-to_2944730.jpg) > [There are complicated processes going on in society in the Crimea. There are problems of the Crimean Tatars, the Ukrainian population, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vladimir-putin/there-are-complicated-processes-going-on-in-society-in-the-crimea/) [Vladimir Putin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vladimir-putin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/vladimir-putin-261_complicated_there-are-complicated-processes-going-on_1166723.jpg) > [When it comes to immigration reform, now is the time ... I've never seen a better political environment ... I'm not doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-graham/when-it-comes-to-immigration-reform-now-is-the-time-i-ve-never-seen-a/) [Lindsey Graham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-graham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/lindsey-graham-3593_broken_when-it-comes-to-immigration-reform-now_899360.jpg) > [I love to work. It's the idea of having someone else tell you how to make your film or how to sell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-carruth/i-love-to-work-it-s-the-idea-of-having-someone-else-tell-you-how-to/) [Shane Carruth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-carruth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/shane-carruth-11440_cinema_i-love-to-work-it-s-the-idea-of-having-s_2215561.jpg) > [This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-taibbi/this-story-is-the-ultimate-example-of-american-s-biggest-political/) [Matt Taibbi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-taibbi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/576/matt-taibbi-2257_attention_this-story-is-the-ultimate-example-of-am_2017614.jpg) > [“Our environment has changed so that the correlations we relied upon in the environment of evolutionary adaptation no longer obtain. This makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-heath/our-environment-has-changed-so-that-the-correlations-we-relied-upon/) [Joseph Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-heath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cc/joseph-heath-31599_environment_our-environment-has-changed-so-that-the_963162.jpg) > [The problem facing humanity today is not a political problem; it's not a financial problem; it's not a military problem. It's obviously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/the-problem-facing-humanity-today-is-not-a-political-problem-it-s-not/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/neale-donald-walsch-239_being-true_the-problem-facing-humanity-today-is-not_1016024.jpg) > [Something is amiss, deeply wrong, something is deeply wrong with the way we're living our lives collectively, with the way we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neale-donald-walsch/something-is-amiss-deeply-wrong-something-is-deeply-wrong-with-the/) [Neale Donald Walsch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neale-donald-walsch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bdc/neale-donald-walsch-239_awakening_something-is-amiss-deeply-wrong-somethin_242177.png) > [If the lesser mind could measure the greater as a foot-rule can measure a pyramid, there would be finality in universal suffrage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bernard-shaw/if-the-lesser-mind-could-measure-the-greater-as-a-foot-rule-can/) [George Bernard Shaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bernard-shaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cf/george-bernard-shaw-68_feet_if-the-lesser-mind-could-measure-the-gre_1713504.png) > [Our political problem now is, "Can we as a nation continue together permanently - forever - half slave and half free?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-lincoln/our-political-problem-now-is-can-we-as-a-nation-continue-together/) [Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-lincoln/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/abraham-lincoln-88_america_our-political-problem-now-is-can-we-as-a_1896167.jpg) > [So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-mulroney/so-that-was-reagan-s-political-problem-as-a-rancher-in-california-he/) [Brian Mulroney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-mulroney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/brian-mulroney-18382_california_so-that-was-reagan-s-political-problem-a_2050879.jpg) > [“Try to look at causes and solve problems. Do not concentrate on military solutions. Do not seek military solutions. Terrorism is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/try-to-look-at-causes-and-solve-problems-do-not-concentrate-on/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/699/anonymous-1_peacebuilding_try-to-look-at-causes-and-solve-problems_2880468.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/political-problem/#itemlist", "name": "Political Problem Quotes", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Terrorism is both a global political problem and an internal psychological mechanism.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yuval Noah Harari" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-problem-and-an-internal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/yuval-noah-harari-100_21st-century-quotes_terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-pro_1962214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/yuval-noah-harari-100_21st-century-quotes_terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-pro_1962214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/yuval-noah-harari-100_21st-century-quotes_terrorism-is-both-a-global-political-pro_1962214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Terrorism is both a global political problem and an internal psychological mechanism.” — Yuval Noah Harari", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Leonhardt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-leonhardt/in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes-may-well-be-the-central/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/david-leonhardt-50797_findings_in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes_122458.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/david-leonhardt-50797_findings_in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes_122458.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/129/david-leonhardt-50797_findings_in-reality-finding-a-way-to-raise-taxes_122458.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.” — David Leonhardt", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A political problem thought of in military terms eventually becomes a military problem.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George C. 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