Political Quotes · Page 84

If you begin by saying, 'Thou shalt not lie,' there is no longer any possibility of political action.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

The information of the people at large can alone make them the safe as they are the sole depositary of our political…

— Thomas Jefferson

Often times, political games prevent senators from even beginning to debate some of the most important issues.

— Michael Bennet

It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

— Fareed Zakaria

I apprehend... that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse.

— Thomas Jefferson

Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that.

— Karl Marx

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

— George Orwell

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say, 'Right on!

— Madonna Ciccone

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it…

— Brian Mulroney

Rod Clark has one of the most unique voices I have ever encountered. I still quote some of his political insights years…

— Kristine Kathryn Rusch

It's not my intention to shock, to offend, sensationalise, be political or whatever; only to make work that is as spiritually meaningful…

— Richard Billingham

Secret Societies have existed among all peoples, savage and civilized, since the beginning of recorded history... It is beyond question that the…

— Manly Hall

I am as sex-positive as the next perverted bisexual liberal, but I don't think sex-positivity should be solely the domain of any…

— Rachel Kramer Bussel

The decline and fall of the modern religious right's notion of a Christian America creates a calmer political environment and, for many…

— Jon Meacham

When someone says, 'I'm not political,' I feel like what they're saying is, 'I only care about myself. In my bathtub. Me…

— Julianne Moore

I plan to stand up and be counted. And the thing I'm gonna do is, I'm gonna do what we're gonna do…

— Paul Eggers

The nature of human beings never changes; it is immutable. The present generation of children and the present generation of young adults…

— Taylor Caldwell

Nowhere else in the Constitution does a "right" attributed to "the people" refer to anything other than an individual right. What is…

— Antonin Scalia

There is a reason why conservatives talk about 'government' and not 'self-government,' because to refer to the latter is to concede that…

— Charlie Pierce

The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are…

— David Plouffe

Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own…

— Monica Crowley

Communism wasn't a word that I thought of when I went to Cuba. The original Fidelistas were not Communists. They were graduate…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Our world is integrated to an unprecedented degree, while the global political awakening is injecting into interstate relations an intense amount of…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

Grassroots groups challenge the "business-as-usual" environmentalism that is generally practiced by the more privileged wildlife-and conservation-oriented groups. The focus of activists of…

— Robert D Bullard

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

— Princess Diana

Other people can write grown-up, political plays about the troubles in the world. My plays deal with magic and hope.

— Colman Domingo

Unfortunately, most of Congress has little to offer except making noise and knowing how to move up the bloated political chain.

— Robert Blaha

As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.

— Henry Adams

My father, the political dissident Jaballa Matar, disappeared from his home in Cairo in March 1990.

— Hisham Matar

I have my own political views and ideologies, but will not enter politics for sure.

— Sreenivasan

I'm as far outside of the mainstream political establishment as you can get.

— Kane

Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist.

— Youssou N'Dour

In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish.

— Ze'ev Chafets

Immigration is the most explosive issue I've seen in my political career.

— Mark McKinnon

The real art of governing consists, so far as possible, in doing nothing.

— Laozi

You dont have to be a political genius to sniff the smell of blood in the water.

— Rich Galen

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

— Thor Heyerdahl

Stay away from national polls. They are always an illusion. They will always trick you into stupid political behavior.

— Rick Wilson

I really didn't come from a political family. I didn't come from, like, a political world. It wasn't tribal for me.

— Wes Moore

I knew most of my radio listeners were lefty political people, and I decided definitively not to be that guy - not…

— Marc Maron