Political Quotes · Page 117

There is no reason for women to trail behind men in social, economic, and political outcomes.

— Jose Angel Gurria

I mean, putting women in the center of a movie and not talking about men, that's already political, right?

— Celine Sciamma

If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.

— Walter E. Williams

People are not hungry because we dont produce enough. People are hungry for political reasons.

— Tom Colicchio

Governing a large country is like frying a small fish. You spoil it with too much poking.

— Laozi

Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

— Donald Tusk

As a political spouse, I've found that my stoicism often serves me well.

— Jill Biden

In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political…

— Iveta Radicova

Religion and political cartoons, as you may have heard, make a difficult couple, ever since that day of 2005, when a bunch…

— Patrick Chappatte

[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in…

— Aneurin Bevan

An engaging, blow-by-blow account of the infancy of the Obama presidency. . . . Manna for political junkies. . . . Thoroughly…

— Carlo Wolff

Trying to gin up political violence for its electoral utility is - I think inarguably what we're seeing here. And I know…

— Donna Brazile

“And because this is now a political problem, the usual political syllogism applies: (a) is a problem: Something Must Be Done, (b)…

— Charles Stross

Many of you know that I got my name, Barack, from my father. What you may not know is Barack is actually…

— Barack Obama

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

— George Will

There is always some basic principle that will ultimately get the Republican party together. If my observations are worth anything, that basic…

— Anselm J. McLaurin

We just totally have abandoned reality here, and the Democrats have created a new reality that is not real whatsoever that people…

— Rush Limbaugh

We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy…

— Noam Chomsky

I think the sign of complacency in the stock market is when people don't worry. At the moment, everyone worries about everything.…

— Martin Gilbert

Political [or individual] rights do not exist because they have been legally set down on a piece of paper, but only when…

— Rudolf Rocker

“I go back to the union man and say, “Sir, this is a house of God, not a proper place for a…

— Jerry Ash

The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which…

— Robert Dickson Crane

“The space between the private and the public is the nexus of the personal and the social, if not political. It’s where…

— John Capecci and Timothy Cage

I have a very awesome seat in the house every time I play. When the lights come up, and the sound turns…

— Jason Mraz

I have always moved by intuition alone. I have no system, literary or political. I have no guiding political idea.

— V. S. Naipaul

Political correctness has changed everything. People forget that political correctness used to be called spastic gay talk.

— Frankie Boyle

I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with.

— Hillary Clinton

A government can do only what is feasible given the political and economic context.

— P. Chidambaram

The responsibility of political philosophy that tries to engage with practice is to be clear, or at least accessible.

— Michael Sandel

The only devils in the world are those running around in our own hearts - that is where the battle should be…

— Mahatma Gandhi

There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible.

— Alec Douglas-Home

My dad was quite political in the Seventies. He has a definite opinion about politics and things going on in the world.

— Kayvan Novak

Martyrdom of followers is a strategy of political leaders to grab money and power.

— Sreenivasan

The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

You can change your wife, your politics, your religion, but never, never can you change your favourite football team.

— Eric Cantona

Experience shows that when political governance and economic management diverge, overall development becomes unsustainable.

— Mo Ibrahim

Too often our Washington reflex is to discover a problem and then throw money at it, hoping it will somehow go away.

— Kenneth Keating

Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties.

— Noah Webster

I grew up in a very political household. My mum used to shout at the television. At Mrs. Thatcher.

— Cherie Lunghi

I am not a particularly political person, but, as a Tribeca resident, the commodification of September 11th is offensive to me.

— Lena Dunham