Political Quotes · Page 133

The ruling class is the rich. . . . And those people are so able to manipulate our democracy that they really control the democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.

— Will Rogers

What is important is that a political party articulates the mood of a generation.

— Benazir Bhutto

I've never joined any political party and have no plans to do so. I'm fully independent.

— Ron Reagan

I know, it's amazing to people that we have a political system, but we do.

— Samantha Bee

Attempting to grapple with improving end-of-life care is a political third rail.

— Katy Butler

In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.

— David Leonhardt

When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that.

— Michael Moriarty

I'm not interested in politics, or being a part of them. I definitely do my homework and make sure that I know…

— Kate Mara

The assertion of failure coming from such persons does not mean that Mr. Mill failed to promote the practical success of those…

— Millicent Fawcett

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus…

— John McCain

The business of a Political Economist is neither to recommend nor to dissuade, but to state general principles, which it is fatal…

— Nassau William Senior

[American] liberalism today sees no realm of human life that is beyond political significance, from what you eat to what you smoke…

— Jonah Goldberg

I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days…

— George Washington

We have something happening that actually makes the Republican Party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. Everybody's writing about…

— Donald Trump

By the very nature of government schooling, the matter of what goes into school textbooks must necessarily be a political matter, to…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

Eroticism is mystique; that is, the aura of emotion and imagination around sex. It cannot be 'fixed' by codes of social or…

— Camille Paglia

All those who, since Adam Smith, have turned their attention to Political Economy, agree that in reality we do not buy articles…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

Erasmus dramatizes a well-established political position: that of the fool who claims license to criticize all and sundry without reprisal, since his…

— J. M. Coetzee

I think the Democrats are going to have to be willing to give up, maybe, some short-term political gain by whipping up…

— William J. Clinton

The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can…

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

“In response to be asked about Boris Johnson becoming UK Prime Minister... "I'm delighted. As the UK continues to plunge ever faster…

— R.D. Ronald

The right to express one's views, practice one's faith, peacefully assemble with others to pursue political or social change - these are…

— Hillary Clinton

The degree to which the people of America are being dumbed down on purpose every day is striking. And all for the…

— Rush Limbaugh

It is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

He sailed through American history like a steel ship loaded with monoliths of granite.

— H. L. Mencken

I'm not a political guy; I really don't care a lot about politics. I never have and probably never will.

— Bobby Roode

Every dimension of the gospel is relevant to one or more of our social and political problems of our time.

— Neal A. Maxwell

We think of ourselves as virulently anti-establishment, particularly 'anti-' the permanent political class.

— Steve Bannon

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

— Barack Obama

The only person out there worthy of mixing political views and music is Jello Biafra.

— Hank Williams III

While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes' commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political…

— Cliff Curtis

The idea that just because you are a woman you should be supporting Hillary Clinton I think is false. There is a…

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Barack Obama's convention speech in 2004 had made him a political star, and he arrived in Iowa to crowds unseen in caucus history.

— John Dickerson

There is a severe shortage in our country of political parties where internal democracy is alive and kicking.

— Amit Shah

Some people would believe anything, especially if it eliminates awkward social and political problems.

— Thomas Balogh, Baron Balogh

We can never be gods, after all--but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.

— N.K. Jemisin

The euro is not a currency. It is a political weapon to force countries to implement the policies decided by the E.U.…

— Marine Le Pen

I want to do something that is not political. I want to do some fundraising, just as a volunteer.

— Mike Coffman

Free and just political institutions are absolutely essential to the progress and development both of the individual and of the race.

— Hugh Price Hughes