--- title: "11 Politics today Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Politics today quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Politics today sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/fareed-zakaria-3805_democracy_what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-mo_246778.png" --- > [“What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-more-democracy-but-less/) [Fareed Zakaria](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fareed-zakaria/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/fareed-zakaria-3805_democracy_what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-mo_246778.png) > [Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! Why is it wrong to ask the wealthiest people and most profitable corporations…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-trumka/friends-i-m-angry-about-what-s-happening-in-politics-today-why-is-it/) [Richard Trumka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-trumka/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c7/richard-trumka-23732_angry_friends-i-m-angry-about-what-s-happening_369899.jpg) > [That this occurred at the launch of the report into the Labour Party's recent troubles with antisemitism shows how deep the sickness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-sacks/that-this-occurred-at-the-launch-of-the-report-into-the-labour-party/) [Jonathan Sacks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-sacks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a20/jonathan-sacks-2788_british_that-this-occurred-at-the-launch-of-the_3151536.png) > [I think politics today is all about false choices: You can have a robust energy economy and a challenged environment, or a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ed-rendell/i-think-politics-today-is-all-about-false-choices-you-can-have-a/) [Ed Rendell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ed-rendell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/ed-rendell-13711_about_i-think-politics-today-is-all-about-fals_1029083.jpg) > [When it comes to politics today, the devils' not in the details; the devil's in the big picture, more often than not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/when-it-comes-to-politics-today-the-devils-not-in-the-details-the/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85e/marianne-williamson-90_big_when-it-comes-to-politics-today-the-devi_2023226.jpg) > [What politics is all about today. Blah-blah-blah. The day that stops and the quality of our leaders improve, I will have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-k-laxman/what-politics-is-all-about-today-blah-blah-blah-the-day-that-stops/) [R. K. Laxman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-k-laxman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/464/r-k-laxman-56667_blah_what-politics-is-all-about-today-blah-bl_666725.png) > [The optimistic side of me hopes that the majority of people look at what's going on in politics today and in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwin-hodge/the-optimistic-side-of-me-hopes-that-the-majority-of-people-look-at/) [Edwin Hodge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwin-hodge/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0a/edwin-hodge-41049_enough_the-optimistic-side-of-me-hopes-that-the_1490802.jpg) > [Let us not despair but act. Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer but the right answer. Let…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/let-us-not-despair-but-act-let-us-not-seek-the-republican-answer-or/) [John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/john-f-kennedy-246_4th-of-july_let-us-not-despair-but-act-let-us-not-se_1971196.jpg) > [I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-cleland/i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-vietnam-and-the-guy-i-was-running/) [Max Cleland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-cleland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/max-cleland-38234_american-politics_i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-viet_581909.png) > [What is happening in politics today is a similar process to what happened in the medical world a few decades ago: realizing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marianne-williamson/what-is-happening-in-politics-today-is-a-similar-process-to-what/) [Marianne Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marianne-williamson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/784/marianne-williamson-90_clear_what-is-happening-in-politics-today-is-a_1965901.jpg) > [As a young lawyer, I learned to try to find common ground with people, to look for a human connection. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/as-a-young-lawyer-i-learned-to-try-to-find-common-ground-with-people/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/hillary-clinton-51_common_as-a-young-lawyer-i-learned-to-try-to-fi_2521090.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/politics-today/#itemlist", "name": "Politics today Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fareed Zakaria" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fareed-zakaria/what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-more-democracy-but-less/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/fareed-zakaria-3805_democracy_what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-mo_246778.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/fareed-zakaria-3805_democracy_what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-mo_246778.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e53/fareed-zakaria-3805_democracy_what-we-need-in-politics-today-is-not-mo_246778.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What we need in politics today is not more democracy but less.” — Fareed Zakaria", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Friends, I'm angry about what's happening in politics today! 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That right there is the epitome of what's wrong with American politics today!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Max Cleland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-cleland/i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-vietnam-and-the-guy-i-was-running/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/max-cleland-38234_american-politics_i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-viet_581909.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/max-cleland-38234_american-politics_i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-viet_581909.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/max-cleland-38234_american-politics_i-volunteered-35-years-ago-to-go-to-viet_581909.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I volunteered 35 years ago to go to Vietnam and the guy I was running against got out of going to Vietnam…” — Max Cleland", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What is happening in politics today is a similar process to what happened in the medical world a few decades ago: realizing that there's more to healing than just addressing symptoms. Primary paradigm when it comes to dealing with political and social disease is allopathic: Pass a law, lock someone up, engage in warfare. 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When I got to the Senate, despite the fact that there were a lot of people who didn't want me to get there - and were sure they'd never even talk to me, let alone work with me - I really tried to do the job I was sent there to do by the people of New York, which was to get things done for my constituents. I worked with Republicans, and we found a lot of common ground. 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