Political Quotes · Page 182

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture.

— Richard Lamm

In the political realm, when I say I'm going to give everything, that means I'll represent the people to the best of…

— Kane

I believe that women should have equal rights to education, to work and to civic and political engagement.

— Rashid al-Ghannushi

I have only one thing to say to the tax increasers: Go ahead, make my day.

— Ronald Reagan

Without economic development, any potential for political openness and freedom will be questionable.

— Jose Maria Aznar

Well, killing me makes no sense because Georgia already has a Western-educated political class.

— Anonymous

Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what…

— Conor Oberst

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I had very little support from any feminist organization. But fortunately my post-marital lover, who had bailed out of academia over political…

— Betty Dodson

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and…

— Russell Banks

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at…

— Pico Iyer

Climate change is a controversial subject, right? People will debate whether there is climate change... that's a whole political debate that I…

— Andrew Cuomo

Socialism is nothing more nor less than the social, political and ideological system which breaks the fetters upon economic growth created under…

— Earl Browder

The degree of political pressure to make MGNREGA jobs available varies massively from state to state - which is why access to…

— Abhijit Banerjee

Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Liberals need to take the advice they routinely give to conservatives: that there are consequences to their divisive rhetoric, and that in…

— Gary Bauer

A fiction which is designed to inculcate an object wholly alien to the imagination sins against the first law of art; and…

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not…

— Adrienne Rich

It's just like when you've got some coffee that's too black, which means it's too strong. What do you do? You integrate…

— Malcolm X

Any government will work if authority and responsibility are equal and coordinate. This does not insure “good” government, it simply insures that…

— Robert A. Heinlein

When we say 'science' we can either mean any manipulation of the inventive and organizing power of the human intellect: or we…

— Wyndham Lewis

I can't imagine here would be a Chinese Gorbachev. But the party will gradually open up. For instance, it has already set…

— Liu Xiaobo

You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal…

— Abbie Hoffman

When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world... There is a…

— Hillary Clinton

Far too often in the political realm, we demonize success; we demagogue against it. What we should be doing is incentivizing success.

— Ron Johnson

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

— Samantha Power

I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.

— Emily Haines

That's Washington. That's the place where you find people getting ready to jump out of the foxholes before the first shot is…

— George W. Bush

Burmese political culture lacks an understanding of negotiated compromise. We have to build up that kind of culture.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Extreme liberalism is not a political philosophy. It is a mental disorder.

— Michael Savage

The discussion of derivatives in the political world has become a zero sum game.

— Jim Himes

It's true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.

— Ben Bernanke

I'm president of the Senate. I'm not a neophyte when it comes to understanding political alignments and misalignments.

— Colleen Hanabusa

I have never really thought that the Left was much in 'array' as far as political purposes were concerned.

— Noam Chomsky

Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum.

— Douglas Carswell

From tea parties to the election in Massachusetts, we are witnessing the single greatest political pushback in American history.

— Marco Rubio

We did not anticipate the political fallout from it. We definitely didn't need it and we paid it back the first day…

— Jamie Dimon

Other Republican candidates may retort to personal attacks and negative ads.

— George W. Bush

I want to have a media platform that is an honest broker and not just a mouthpiece for a political party.

— David Brock

Becoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist.

— Jim Hightower