Political Quotes · Page 150

There's a very fine line between political comedian and activist, and I don't really think I fall over into the activist category.

— Samantha Bee

People of goodwill cannot remain silent as harmful political rhetoric threatens the well-being of innocent people.

— Al N. Green

People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others.

— Robert Jensen

This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

— Chuck Hagel

First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.

— Nate Silver

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

— Mark B. Cohen

Few things reveal more about political leaders and their systems than the manner of their downfall.

— Antony Beevor

Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.

— Hans Kung

In these days of political, personal and economic disintegration, music is not a luxury, it's a necessity; not simply because it is…

— Robert Shaw

Feminism is very much a part of a lot of my student's lives, but they're not going to march about it or…

— Mary Gordon

We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human,…

— Robert Hayden

Because one of the properties of music is to entertain and to, I don't mean this lightly, distract us from the things…

— Dave Matthews

Global warming is a political issue. It is as much a political issue to the left as abortion is. It's as big…

— Rush Limbaugh

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen…

— Bonnie Raitt

We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a probationary opportunity…

— Gerald Warner

“To see triumph the nullities, see prosper the dishonor, see grow the injustice, to see agglomerate powers in the hands of the…

— Rui Barbosa

All the critics who could not make their reputations by discovering you are hoping to make them by predicting hopefully your approaching…

— Ernest Hemingway

Canada may be fast-forwarding, jump starting, into a new pattern, a model of communication linkages, a civilization that is more than a…

— B. W. Powe

As far Chicago, our city was designed with racism in mind, with neighborhoods segregated by expressways and train tracks. Even suburbs, like…

— Christian Picciolini

What we face is a comprehensive contraction of our activities, due to declining fossil fuel resources and other growing scarcities. Our failure…

— James Howard Kunstler

When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured…

— Sherman Alexie

The lesson of the Federation should be that the lesson is over. Australia must have a new idea of itself. We have…

— Paul Keating

Now, is it the case that Facebook is actually run by U.S. intelligence? No, it's not like that. It's simply that U.S.…

— Julian Assange

There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished…

— Michael Hayden

The Crown Prince has said he needs to broaden political participation in the governing of Saudi Arabia.

— Frank Carlucci

When a political organization loses contact with its origin, it declines and risks implosion.

— Roberto Esposito

The fact that he relies on facts - says things that are not factual - are going to undermine his campaign.

— George W. Bush

The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy.

— Carl Schmitt

Modern man worships at the temple of science, but science tells him only what is possible, not what is right.

— Milton S. Eisenhower

“The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

One of the most important skills for political success is the ability to make confident assertions of absurdities or lies.

— Thomas Sowell

I am an optimist. If I ever quit being an optimist, I guess I'll become a Republican.

— Ray Farabee

The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.

— Susan Rice

Of the influence of Mr. Mill's personal character on those who were his political associates, it is difficult to speak too warmly.

— Millicent Fawcett

So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but…

— Aristotle

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

— Thomas Jefferson

I'm never intently political about anything, I just speak my mind from my perspective.

— Rose Matafeo

I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.

— Garry Kasparov

It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position.

— Michelle Obama

Women are foils to men. It is hard for women to take a lead role even in NGOs for political resistance.

— Kim Hyesoon