Political Quotes · Page 165

After an existence of nearly twenty years of almost innocuous desuetude these laws are brought forth.

— Grover Cleveland

Political stuff is all about his [Hunter S. Thompson] reaction to a situation. And my stuff is much more externally driven.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The hope of a nation depends on a president that will follow through even in the most unfavorable of political climates.

— Nicholas Gonzalez

I appeal to all political parties to come together for a Modi Mukt Bharat.

— Raj Thackeray

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives.

— Eduardo Paes

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

— Herbert Read

“Life is political, not because the world cares about how you feel, but because the world reacts to what you do. The…

— Timothy Snyder

The world has changed from when I was a young teen feeling ashamed for being gay. The issue of gay marriage is…

— George Takei

The Toothbrush mustache is the most powerful configuration of facial hair the world has ever known. It overpowers whoever touches it. By…

— Rich Cohen

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage…

— Charlton Heston

You won't get a rational assessment of a political party from a member, and you won't get a reasoned account of the…

— Howard Jacobson

The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Future U.S. political leaders, those for whom the Cold War was not the formative experience that it was for me, may not…

— Robert M. Gates

Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from…

— Warren Rudman

My political ideas and things like that, even my religion, I try to keep close to me because it's a personal thing,…

— Donny Osmond

Where this age differs from those immediately preceding it is that a liberal intelligentsia is lacking. Bully-worship, under various disguises, has become…

— George Orwell

I'm not critical of the people who do psychotherapy. The therapists in the trenches have to face an awful lot of the…

— James Hillman

We often say that someone has exceptional political or social savvy, but what specific cognitive skills allow these people to handle interpersonal…

— Justin Menkes

My father was very political. But he told me, "Be very careful when you get into politics, because there's no black and…

— Sergio Aragones

Now consciousness, what is consciousness? Consciousness is being aware of one's surroundings, recognizing the existence, truth or fact of something; being aware…

— James Small

It is important and vital is to keep that education for critical consciousness around intersectionalities, so that people are able to not…

— Bell Hooks

Politics is still crucially important. Our choices are vital, and we've got to make them, and not just say, 'Oh, they're all…

— Dennis Potter

Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that…

— James Russell Lowell

Political leaders need to formulate long-term EU goals that show: Yes, we want to stay together.

— Martin Schulz

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...

— Thomas Sowell

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

— Catherine Helen Spence

The World Cup is not just a great global sporting event, it is also inscribed with much deeper cultural and political importance.

— Martin Jacques

While many liberals have dismissed the idea of political correctness as a right-wing manufactured hysteria, it is in fact a real thing.

— Kirsten Powers

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

— Winston Churchill

There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.

— Dante Alighieri

It may come as a surprise to some academics, but there is a marked relationship between economic power and political power.

— Michael Pare

Political rivalry is one thing but personal smear campaigns scrape the barrel of political infighting.

— John McDonnell

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption…

— Michele Bachmann

“If the Palestinian people really suffered a nakba , it was largely of their own making — and that of their grand mufti.”

— Sol Stern

I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.

— Frederick Douglass

Charlie Crist has gone through his entire political life with one stump speech - his grandfather polishing shoes.

— Ana Navarro

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little…

— Tommy Smothers

The bottom line is, there have been a lot of nuts elected to the United States Senate.

— Chuck Grassley