Political Quotes · Page 42

Many a politician wishes there was a law to burn old records.

— Will Rogers

Bigotry is the sacred disease, and self-conceit tells lies.

— Heraclitus

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.

— Abraham Lincoln

Auschwitz exists because of politicized science.

— Michael Crichton

The best propaganda omits rather than invents

— Mason Cooley

Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.

— Lord Acton

Our problems are technical, not political

— Jacque Fresco

I don't have a political bone in my body.

— Joan Allen

What can I do to help? I am asking my senator to support political action to end hunger in the greatest country…

— Martin Landau

The perfect bureaucrat everywhere is the man who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility.

— Brooks Atkinson

He was one of the few political leaders I have ever met whose public speeches revealed more than his private conversations. [On…

— Gerald R. Ford

We will allow private and religious groups to compete to provide services in every federal, state and local social program.

— George W. Bush

Sanity is not statistical - Being in a minority, even a minority of one, did not make you mad.

— Winston Smith

On health care, virtually every political error that could be made was made.

— Sidney Blumenthal

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

— Anonymous

They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts.

— John Adams

I say us - obviously I don't vote as I believe democracy is a pointless spectacle where we choose between two indistinguishable…

— Russell Brand

I think Def Jam happened to be one of the labels that really didn't have a good grip on things that were…

— Joe Budden

I felt I had an opportunity to follow in the footsteps of great soul musicians of the past, who made a lot…

— Aloe Blacc

It would evidently take more than a political regime, more than dire poverty to stop a woman from wanting to be well-dressed:…

— Anonymous

The state is an organization of mere mortals who, by one dubious method or another, have been allowed to don the mantle…

— Sheldon Richman

It is in the nature of all party systems that the authentically political talents can assert themselves only in rare cases, and…

— Hannah Arendt

Novels and stories are sometimes very complex staging grounds to say, in fact, very simple things. Things impossible to say otherwise because…

— Zadie Smith

There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies…

— Richard Armitage

I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political…

— Barack Obama

We are close to a consensus that the Kyoto Protocol does huge economic, political, social and ecological damage to the Russian Federation.…

— Andrey Illarionov

What is true, just, and beautiful is not determined by popular vote. The masses everywhere are ignorant, short-sighted, motivated by envy, and…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down syndrome will have to…

— Sarah Palin

Obviously, our political system is profoundly corrupted by, among other things, the influence of money. But, at a deeper level, the current…

— Marianne Williamson

I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have…

— Lindsey Graham

“political environment. But there is always a thin line between a peaceful election and armed conflict. We acknowledge this close relationship in…

— Scott Farris

I think nuance is very important to have in the conversation, nuance that's been lacking for a long time. A lot of…

— Rosario Dawson

“The political system, it’s a shame it’s a sham.”

— Jarod Kintz

A one-hour work-week...would minimize the damage that Congress can do.

— Charles Krauthammer

Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.

— William Shakespeare

Poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.

— June Jordan

I would unite with anybody to do right and with nobody to do wrong.

— Frederick Douglass

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.

— Shane Claiborne

We do not prescribe any prayer; we welcome all prayer.

— George W. Bush

“When only cops have guns, it's called a police state.”

— Claire Wolfe