Politics Quotes · Page 187

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

In a democracy there is a centralization of governmental power in a simple majority.

— Anonymous

Religion [is] the basis and foundation of Government

— James Madison

All of us -- parents, schools, communities and government -- share responsibility to keep kids safe.

— Bill Clinton

I'm very worried about the future for women in politics.

— Luciana Berger

“Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably.”

— William Edgar Stafford

I'm just not going to spend a lot of political capital solving some other guy's problem in 2010.

— David Stockman

Sometimes people just don't understand the way that I work in politics.

— John Kasich

Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population.

— Noam Chomsky

The true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to…

— Alexander Hamilton

We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you're in the media…

— Hillary Clinton

Ed Miliband doesn't give a damn about what he looks like, how he dresses. He came into politics to change society.

— Ken Livingstone

Politics is a pendulum whose swings between anarchy and tyranny are fueled by perpetually rejuvenated illusions.

— Albert Einstein

We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.

— Steve Wynn

If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

Scientists have argued that research is good for health, wealth, and society, and the government has trusted them on that.

— Mark Walport

In a government framed for durable liberty, not less regard must be paid to giving the magistrate a proper degree of authority,…

— Alexander Hamilton

If you look at it on just a very cold scale, corporations and the government do not care about the poor. So…

— Mr. Lif

“The long-term effect of this has been to open Western societies to immigration, and to impart an ideal of citizenship that, it…

— Roger Scruton

We must have more union members in this country to fight the political and business forces that are undermining workers in this…

— James P. Hoffa

I think people are just really disappointed, disappointed with Blair as well, who's just like Bush's lapdog. I think everyone's just disillusioned…

— Paul Weller

The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very…

— David Cannadine

Once we realize that government doesn't work, we'll know that the only way to improve government is by reducing its size -…

— Harry Browne

The Blair government perhaps ranks as the best the U.K. has had for 50 years. It cannot match the scale of Attlee's…

— Martin Rees

I have tried for a year to work with the Telangana government.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

Why is our media quick to find evil in our local police, but tnot in Islamic terror?

— Greg Gutfeld

A government is free in proportion to the rights it guarantees to the minority.

— Alf Landon

Low inflation and government prudence may be harmful for economic development.

— Ha-Joon Chang

In the truly great, virtue governs with the sceptre of knowledge.

— Philip Sidney

The politics of identity, cancellation, and mob rule are not acceptable to me.

— Daniel Cameron

I have a feeling that we are doing better in the war than the people have been told.

— Ronald Reagan

You call that statesmanship. I call it an emotional spasm.

— Aneurin Bevan

Jail is just the government's way of sending you to your room.

— Syzzer

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.

— Hunter S. Thompson

You also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.

— Sam Altman

World leaders and major political figures have often had delusions of grandeur.

— Gavin Esler

In no way am I supporting or suggesting that a Conservative government is a good thing, far from it.

— Jarvis Cocker

“The most courageous act in politics is to try to understand your opponent.”

— Alain de Botton

You don't have to speak English to have sophisticated political opinions.

— Ronny Chieng

“The powerful can make the truth dance to their song.”

— J.Y. Yang