Political Quotes · Page 109

Only a country that feels invulnerable can afford political turmoil as entertainment.

— Lionel Shriver

My view on Islam is that it is not so much a religion as a totalitarian political ideology with religious elements.

— Geert Wilders

There's not going to be enough people in the system to take advantage of people like me.

— George W. Bush

By themselves, they are not enough; we also need to engage in political action.

— Bill McKibben

Every time we get in drag and bat an eyelash, it is a political statement.

— Aquaria

It has been the political career of this man to begin with hypocrisy, proceed with arrogance, and finish with contempt

— Thomas Paine

A political policy is equated with moral right, and opposition to it with diabolical malevolence.

— Arthur Miller

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong

— Alfred Russel Wallace

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into…

— June Jordan

The test of a democracy is not the magnificence of buildings or the speed of automobiles or the efficiency of air transportation,…

— Helen Keller

The debt ceiling debacle is almost a horrible metaphor: It's as if a bomb went off at 800 Pennsylvania Avenue and sent…

— Charlie Cook

Above all else, we need a reaffirmation of political commitment at the highest levels to reducing the dangers that arise both from…

— Kofi Annan

Basically, art should remain something that is complex, that has many layers, so there's always a possibility to reconsider things and have…

— Camille Henrot

I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps to be used in simple work...More important, however, than the material gains will be…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

We need voices that help us critique our social, political, and economic views through Kingdom lenses. The women and men who compose…

— Ed McBain

There will, in my view, come a time when there has to be some kind of political denouement inside China, because the…

— John Howard

Modern Democrats aren't the first political party to abuse power - far from it. Obama isn'€™t the first president to abuse executive…

— David Harsanyi

Things have changed in Latin America now. We mostly have democratic governments in Latin America, so the position of the writer has…

— Carlos Fuentes

It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should…

— George Washington

I follow blogs, particularly all the main political ones - Guido Fawkes, Iain Dale, Coffee House, Paul Waugh, Iain Martin in the…

— Ben Schott

Well, my contention is that the political system of this country is so designed criminally to prevent this, that if the black…

— Malcolm X

But the most deplorable effect of all, is that diminution of attachment and reverence, which steals into the hearts of the people,…

— James Madison

Once I was in New York, I completely had no interest for a long time in what happened in China because I…

— Ai Weiwei

... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all…

— Daniel J. Mitchell

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.

— H. R. Haldeman

We now know that a neo-conservative is an arsonist who sets the house on fire and six years later boasts that no…

— Bill Moyers

As an ideology - and certainly as a political identity - conservatism is less popular than the very principles and values it…

— Shelby Steele

I don't see myself as a political artist, but certain issues mean a lot to me.

— Kano

Like so much else in Washington, inflation has become a political football. That's unnecessary.

— Jake Auchincloss

We in America do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Luther Strange

President Trump used the office of the Presidency to solicit foreign interference in our elections for his own personal, political benefit.

— Sharice Davids

We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.

— Alan K. Simpson

Politics /n/: from 'poly ticks', short for 'many small bloodsucking insects'.

— Henry Spencer

To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political…

— Louise Erdrich

Through elections, the citizenry directs political decision-making. Their views are what informs campaigns and government decisions.

— Jessica Tarlov

I love Canada. It's a wonderful political act of faith that exists atop a breathtakingly beautiful land.

— Yann Martel

I don't think that what's going on in Bosnia is political activity. It's partly political, but it's partly atavistic as well.

— John Keegan

I should have written more. I should have written more during the period when I just liked so much doing the political…

— Grace Paley

But the life that no longer trust another human being and no longer forms ties to the political community is not a…

— Martha C. Nussbaum