Politics Quotes · Page 130

I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more.

— Antonio Banderas

Let's shrink the federal government and return power to the states.

— Doug Burgum

The problem is not liberal politicians, its evangelical preachers.

— Paul Washer

Politicians should trust people with the truth. Very often, we don't do that.

— Leo Varadkar

I dream of a Digital India where Government proactively engages with the people through Social Media.

— Narendra Modi

We actually do need a federal government, but we need a limited one.

— Ron Johnson

Conservatism, for me, is the philosophy and the politics of attachment.

— Roger Scruton

“The world is not static and the status quo is not sacred.”

— Truman Doctrine

“He inherited some good instincts from his Quaker forebearers, but by diligent hard work, he overcame them.”

— Anonymous

An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world.

— Thomas Jefferson

If I wasn't rapping about politics, then I might have been just another person trying to sell albums, and I might have…

— Boots Riley

It is important to realize that gold and silver are international commodities and that, therefore, when not prohibited by government decree, foreign…

— Murray Rothbard

I hope we can all agree that, instead of continuing to subsidize yesterday's energy sources. We need to invest in tomorrow's.

— Barack Obama

Twitter is the most impulsive form of social media, but it's still the most celebrated among politicians and pundits within the Beltway,…

— Meghan McCain

Im sick and tired of politicians beating up on the IRS. We have the best and fairest tax-collection system in the world.

— Charles Rangel

I am the hawk and there's blood in my feathers, but time is still turning they soon will be dry. And all…

— John Denver

Nobody ever has to apologize when they support a Democratic or left-wing politician in the world of sports. Why in the world…

— Clay Travis

The Sunnis continue to see themselves, possibly for nostalgic reasons, as the most influential group and want a stronger central government -…

— Zalmay Khalilzad

The establishment Trump talked about wasn’t really Wall Street. He said, “When Washington got rich.” Bernie Sanders would have said, “When Wall…

— Michael Hudson

The form of government, when it has been prudently established, produces citizens distinguished for bravery, justice, and every other good quality; whereas,…

— Dionysius of Halicarnassus

Indeed, my wish is quite simple: if we could learn to recognise and evade the biggest errors in our thinking - in…

— Rolf Dobelli

My own take on it is that government will never adequately represent every person in the country. It can't. It's not possible.…

— Kelsey Grammer

“I became aware of the overwhelming role of language in contemporary politics shortly before the 9/11 attacks. At that time, the word…

— Anonymous

I've been in government and politics my entire career, and while I try to keep a level head and a reasonable tone…

— Dana Perino

Bernie Sanders brought millions of people into the political process.

— Elizabeth Warren

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

— Will Rogers

“Public policy can help, but there is no government that can fix these problems for us.”

— J.D. Vance

Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling.

— Argus Hamilton

“Make government the herder of the flock, and the herder will cull the undesirable sheep.”

— A.E. Samaan

“God's original purpose for government was to punish the evil and reward the good.”

— William R. Bowen

“Once more, we will have a government of, by and for the people.”

— David Horowitz

“Government disinformation is an intelligent joke for smart generation.”

— Toba Beta

India has been at the greatest loss because governments were run only for elections.

— Narendra Modi

ONLY a government that is AFRAID of its citizens tries to control them.

— Thomas Jefferson

Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.

— Lyndon B Johnson

“We need a political earthquake, not geologic earthquake.”

— Davan Yahya Khalil

My politics are private, but many of my feminist politics cross over into my professional life.

— Frances McDormand

Honesty in politics is much like oxygen. The higher up you go, the scarcer it becomes.

— Anonymous

My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.

— Peter Schjeldahl

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

— Tim Robbins