Politics Quotes · Page 162

Roller-skates and disco are a lot of fun, I'm much too young and stupid to operate a gun.

— Frank Zappa

The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government.

— Mitt Romney

Is there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?

— Don Cheadle

The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.

— David Brooks

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

— R. Lee Ermey

I'm a statistic in a system that a civil servant dominates.

— Billy Joel

The last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music... because music was my escape.

— Gloria Estefan

WikiLeaks is what happens when the entire US government is forced to go through a full-body scanner.

— Evgeny Morozov

In a world where I have to hide my heart and what I believe in. But somehow I will show the world…

— Christina Aguilera

National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of…

— Tariq Ramadan

Despite being in public life, I value my own privacy immensely and would be as concerned as anyone else if I thought…

— David Blunkett

A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

What...can the government do to help the poor? The only answer is the libertarian answer: Get out of the way.

— Murray Rothbard

The school is a political prize of the highest importance. It cannot be deprived of its political character as long as it…

— Ludwig von Mises

Today, we should look for people with great organizational skills to run a government - not just leaders, who are good with…

— Kamal Haasan

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments…

— Friedrich August von Hayek

“We have to rise up against all forms of power—but not just power in the narrow sense of the word, referring to…

— Michel Foucault

There is no question that if one were to ask whether we Americans are moving towards more liberty or more government control…

— Walter E. Williams

Deficits, as I've often said, aren't caused by too little taxing, they're caused by too much spending. Presidents can't appropriate a dollar…

— Ronald Reagan

“Q: Is it still possible nowadays to influence the world by songs? To be political by means of messages? A: No, there…

— Bob Dylan

The problem is that it has become politically awkward to draw attention to absolutes of bad and good. In place of manners,…

— Lynne Truss

Our intelligence agencies will continue to gather information about the intentions of governments - as opposed to ordinary citizens - around the…

— Barack Obama

The work of democratic government is routinely concerned with matters defined as troubles. In "The Presidency and the Press" I make the…

— Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Of all forms of government and society, those of free men and women are in many respects the most brittle. They give…

— Dorothy Thompson

I have never been driven by partisan politics, only a desire to better the lives of my constituents.

— Jeff Van Drew

A lot of my traditional audience does not appreciate my foray into politics.

— Marianne Williamson

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

— Benjamin Disraeli

With freedom comes responsibility, a responsibility that can only be met by the individual.

— Ronald Reagan

If all men were just, there still would be some, though not so much, need of government.

— Abraham Lincoln

Walter Mondale has all the charisma of a speed bump.

— Will Durst

Spirituality actually must be above politics. Or some other sort of business.

— Dalai Lama

Ozone Man, Ozone. He's crazy, way out, far out, man.

— George H. W. Bush

“The middle class of America must pay some federal income taxes or this will no longer be America.”

— Frank Coyle

A thriving middle class is a necessary precondition for a free representative government.

— Timothy Noah

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers.

— Wesley Snipes

Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.

— Jethro Tull

I don't expect the government to solve my problems, but at least I expect them to understand it.

— Joe Biden

Politics are a part of athletics now. Politics is a part of everything. And athletics is no exception.

— Melissa Harris-Perry

I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.

— Ronald Reagan

I consider that women who are authors, lawyers, and politicians are monsters.

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir