The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I'm not a policy wonk. I was a political reporter, but that's not really what turns me on.… — Jose Antonio Vargas Copy Share Image
Because Social Security has not contributed to our debt, Americans should be skeptical of any politician who says that benefits Americans have… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
I am a breast cancer survivor. I was intrigued to learn how many people prefer to talk to someone if they are… — Diahann Carroll Copy Share Image
The death of deference seems to be general at the moment, so everybody has to earn their reputation and trust all over… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
I have learned that a woman can be a fighter, a freedom fighter, a political activist, and that she can fall in… — Leila Khaled Copy Share Image
To be honest, I find most politicians very untrustworthy. When I listen to them talking - or rather, lying - I just… — Jamie Sives Copy Share Image
Churchill the right-winger has been elevated to a status where you can't criticise him. People from the time remember him as an… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
Politicians argue for abortion largely because they do not want to spend the necessary money to feed, clothe and educate more people...… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue,… — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK,… — Steven Levy Copy Share Image
The goal that the Obama team has is to fundamentally replace the historic America of self reliance, independence, the work ethic, the… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Book critics or theatre critics can be derisively negative and gain delighted praise for the trenchant with of their review. But in… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Washington politicians basically view the People as a capricious and dangerous enemy, a dumb mob whose only interesting quality happens to be… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The soldier's business is to take life. For that he is paid by the State, eulogized by political charlatans and upheld by… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list… — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
I think I want to go in to law or oncology, as those are both subjects that really interest me, but my… — Joshua Rush Copy Share Image
In the United States, unlike any other advanced democracy, money really talks. Our Supreme Court has said that spending money on politicians… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
Comedians and jazz musicians have been more comforting and enlightening to me than preachers or politicians or philosophers or poets or painters… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
May future generations look back on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
It applies even more to politicians because they are living, breathing embodiments of the language that they use. And it's why how… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
Donald Trump is succeeding right now for sure. He is a gifted politician. But, he is just a gifted politician. He's just… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans. — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
People will never know how hard it is to get information, especially if it's locked up behind official doors where, if politicians… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
In the 13 months I've been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
I think that marijuana should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when… — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Fairness has not been enhanced by the tax code, but lobbyists have been made rich, politicians have been re-elected, and the economy… — Jim Bridenstine Copy Share Image
What should I have known or written had I been a quiet, mercantile politician or a lord in waiting? A man must… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I have not said your values are wrong. But neither are they right. They are simply judgments. Assessments. Decisions. For the most… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
The progressive movement needs more crazy and amoral/immoral right-wing politicians and pundits like Tom DeLay and Newt Gingrich and Ann Coulter and… — Moby Copy Share Image
I salute Rick Perry for the way he's trying to overcome this. Today he came out and said he's not one of… — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
In short, killing the goose that lays the golden egg is a viable political strategy, so long as the goose does not… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
My father was a politician. My grandfather was a politician too, maybe it's an innate idea of representing people that we have… — Eniola Aluko Copy Share Image
Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, / And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. /… — Phyllis McGinley Copy Share Image
It was a charming fantasy of romantics that the spies would stop spying, that political conflict would end and politicians would tell… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it… — Meg Greenfield Copy Share Image
