We used to fight for democracy. Democracy used to matter. We now treat it with contempt. We have turned our backs on… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
We're in a kind of vicious cycle where the media tell the politicians, and the politicians tell the people, that perception is… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
Many young people don't vote because they feel unwelcome and irrelevant, and that's the system's fault... As much as MTV tries to… — Ken Hakuta Copy Share Image
The curious thing is Americans don't mind individual mandates when they come in the form of payroll taxes to buy mandatory public… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
One of the things I hate about politicians, I shouldn't say I hate things, but one of the things I hate about… — Elizabeth May 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
People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot… — Mark Thomas Copy Share Image
One's politics are part of one even when one is writing. But if I want to say anything about the state of… — Thomas Mallon 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
Politicians try to see the world through other people's lenses and try to bring people together so that we can have a… — Michael Capuano Copy Share Image
One of the things that's unique about Louisiana politics is that people here have a much more realistic attitude about who their… — Mark Frost Copy Share Image
Social media has emboldened an army of online Islamophobes; in the real world, mosques have been firebombed and politicians line up to… — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
“Anyone who has had anything to do with the higher diplomacy is aware that diplomatic language stands in a class by itself.… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
How right politicians are to look upon their constituents as cattle! Anyone who has any experience of dealing with any class as… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Personally, I have as little to do with politicians as possible. The ones that I've met I've found very boring. They're extremely… — Peter Capaldi Copy Share Image
As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory,… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
'Thrones' would be the perfect platform to send a progressive message because right now, our politicians aren't telling us any truths. It's… — Finn Jones Copy Share Image
“Politicians who took us to war should have been given the guns and told to settle their differences themselves, instead of organising… — Harry Patch Copy Share Image
We need to make sure that our policymakers and politicians realize that we are the future of the country, not only by… — Choi Si-won Copy Share Image
There seems to be for a long time now a range of issues that the Australian people want to talk about, but… — Cory Bernardi Copy Share Image
The Saudi government uses a lot of British equipment to suppress their own people. But we're happy for our politicians to go… — Paul Conroy Copy Share Image
You know, the media and politicians are always gonna be in a bit of tension with one another and probably most of… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Athletes aren't allowed to have an opinion. It's tough. Athletes are evolving right in front of our eyes. You see athletes who… — Jaylen Brown Copy Share Image
Some say we should not engage in activism. Instead we should leave everything to our politicians and just vote for a change… — Greta Thunburg Copy Share Image
The leaders of Europe always seem to emerge from the same elite, the same general frame of mind, the same schools, and… — Viktor Orban Copy Share Image
My generation grew up in the heyday of the '90s, with the Internet boom and the birth of overnight millionaires. But our… — Meghan McCain Copy Share Image
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know.… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
I answer that question by saying: 'Why Meg Whitman' which is: I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business.… — Meg Whitman Copy Share Image
Spending is not caring. Spending is what politicians do instead of caring. Spending more does not guarantee success. Politicians like to measure… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The same politicians working to restrict the right to have control over our own bodies are the ones making it harder for… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
Few politicians did much to move the needle toward anything resembling gender equality, but it was President Nixon who first threw women… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
Jay-Z is as politically correct as some of the politicians. He's safe. There's points when you're acquiring financing, you make adjustments. He's… — Curtis Jackson Copy Share Image
Perhaps we should worry less about judging people for being Mormon or Baptist or Muslim or gay or straight or black or… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Copy Share Image
Public employee unions, in their defense, say politicians have unfairly made them into simplistic bogeymen, responsible for problems that have myriad causes.… — Charles Duhigg Copy Share Image
What politicians do is they never get the rhetoric wrong, and the price they pay is they don't speak the truth as… — Mary Beard Copy Share Image
People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and… — Ted Yoho Copy Share Image
There should be consequences for those who openly voice racist and fascist opinions. Our politicians should stand up way more; our justice… — Til Schweiger Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who can't find housing, who worry about the future, and that insecurity and precarity in their… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
And I would like current or future politicians to make sure every avenue of diplomacy, and what you have, are exhausted before… — Tomas Young Copy Share Image
