Politics Quotes · Page 159

I've always had an interest in politics - I can't deny that.

— George P. Bush

But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything.

— Link Wray

I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The National Bank at profit sells road maps for the soul.

— Bob Dylan

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

— Mo Rocca

Every political edict which is not based upon nature is wrong.

— Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

The federal government views the Constitution as its enemy.

— Andrew Napolitano

A politician ought to be born a foundling and remain a bachelor.

— Anonymous

I too complain ceaselessly in my heart and in my words too. My very life is a protest. Against government, for instance.

— Dorothy Day

Conservatives want to be your daddy, telling you what to do and what not to do. Liberals want to be your mommy,…

— David Boaz

Our ports are owned by local governments who are responsible for the ports. It is the Coast Guard and Customs that provide…

— Kit Bond

All these dismal things that are going on in the world - the isolation and the sickness and the governments and the…

— Merce Cunningham

The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.

— James Wolcott

If everyone has to be a watchdog in order to make government work, then the foxes will also volunteer to serve.

— William Greider

We take all elections seriously. We are 24/7 politicians working for the interests of the country and its people. We are not…

— Anurag Thakur

Why should it be mandatory for people to give interviews. I request state governments to remove the process of interviews for minor…

— Narendra Modi

Michael Kruse made the point that, on the one hand, this seems all totally unprecedented in American politics; on the other hand,…

— Susan Glasser

This organic conception of society, the only vital conception, combines a noble humanism with the genuine Christian spirit, and it bears the…

— Pope Pius XI

In order to prepare for meaningful change, we have to look at both sides of the problem. We need to examine the…

— Thomas Pogge

Problems in our country haven't been caused by Donald Trump, America and its ambitions or CIA spies. Our problems are rooted in…

— Ksenia Sobchak

“In the 1980s the Singapore government gave preferential school admission to the children of mothers with university degrees, while offering less-educated women…

— Gabrielle Palmer

I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long…

— Eva Longoria

It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the…

— James Madison

Political shenanigans come and go, yet often what feels like a big deal in Westminster fails to get a mention on the…

— Grant Shapps

It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics.

— Susan George

If you want to give me a good faceful for one of my political positions, I can take it.

— Matt Cartwright

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

— John Webster

[The people] are in truth the only legitimate proprietors of the soil and government.

— Thomas Jefferson

We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

— John Pilger

“In order to be the master, the politician poses as the servant.”

— Charles de Gaulle

A politician is not as narrow-minded as he forces himself to be.

— Will Rogers

Government should take management lesson from private sector.

— Newt Gingrich

I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.

— Jesse Ventura

You can justify, from a political standpoint, any type of violence you want to use.

— Jerry Vlasak

It is not polite for a Russian to interfere in British politics.

— Alexander Lebedev

The guilt of a government is the crime of a whole country.

— Thomas Paine

Every aspect of the world today - even politics and international relations - is affected by chemistry.

— Linus Pauling

The basis of effective government if public confidence.

— John Fitzgerald Kennedy

I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.

— Nina Simone

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics,

— Justin Trudeau