Political Quotes · Page 186

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

— Elia Kazan

Revolution in America begins in books and music, then waits for political operatives to 'implement changes after the fact.'

— William S. Burroughs

Business leaders should show what our political leaders seem to lack - that is, a common-sense view of the times.

— William M. Daley

I'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.

— John Lydon

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.

— Lionel Trilling

One may gain political and social independence, but if one is a slave to his passions and desires, one cannot feel the…

— Swami Vivekananda

Whatever people in general do not understand, they are al ways prepared to dislike; the incomprehensible is always the obnoxious.

— Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.

— Robert Casey

I like to use my own language. Political movements are like living creatures - they develop. Each document expresses the times, the…

— Khaled Mashal

It's usually pointed out that women are not fit for political power, and ought not to be trusted with a vote because…

— George Bernard Shaw

The kinds of people you meet on political campaigns are some of the best human beings. They're survivors, and they're spunky, and…

— Jen Psaki

If you make an authentic political film, which talks of real people and real events, in a politically conscious country like India,…

— Akshaye Khanna

Any political system can commit mistakes and any state can commit mistakes. What is most important is to acknowledge these mistakes and…

— Hosni Mubarak

Mudslinging - In politics, anything bad the opponent says about our candidate; in contrast, when our candidate does this, it is called…

— Richard Turner

It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider…

— Anonymous

If man is not made in the image of God, nothing then stands in the way of inhumanity. There is no good…

— Francis Schaeffer

Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for…

— Mark Twain

The other side of my work is political disappointment - the realization that we are living in an unjust world. "Blood is…

— Simon Critchley

The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and…

— Wangari Maathai

No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no"…

— Edmund A. Opitz

India, she now knew, would not be content staying in the background, was nobody's wallpaper, insisted in interjecting itself into everyone's life,…

— Thrity Umrigar

Communism is an aspiration, an aspiration is an ideal, a dream, a longing of something that would be perfect, but hard to…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

I was reminded as I was reviewing my life, that I have been in too many conflicts, too many wars, political battles,…

— Ferdinand Marcos

Institutional psychiatry is a continuation of the Inquisition. All that has really changed is the vocabulary and the social style. The vocabulary…

— Thomas Szasz

My existence in Hollywood is a political statement, because there are so few women who are plus-sized or above a size 6.

— Shannon Purser

Anarchism is a theory of political science and is opposed to government in the political sense.

— Steven T. Byington

Political activity by unions is not wrong. It's their First Amendment right.

— Eugene Scalia

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.

— Bashar al-Assad

I go bananas when I hear an opinion that goes against well-established political science literature.

— Harry Enten

We have got to mobilize people and rethink our commitment in terms of what our role is in the political process.

— Bernie Sanders

The tea party venerates the Constitution while despising the political system it has produced.

— Gideon Rachman

I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

— Ilhan Omar

Fox is described as a news operation, a news network, but it's also a political operation.

— Brian Stelter

Anytime someone is screaming in public, it's political, or whatever. I don't know a smart way to phrase that.

— Sarah Sherman

I would also hope that no one would think about trying to amend the constitution as a political strategy,

— Mary Cheney

The international community will not accept such threats to the political process.

— Bernardino Leon

If we were real domestic terrorists, shoot, President Obama would be wanting to pal around with us, wouldn't he?

— Sarah Palin

Unions should not be lapdogs to a political party, they should be watchdogs for their members' interests.

— Andy Stern

Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally.

— Monica Crowley

People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.

— Thomas Frank