Politics Quotes · Page 218

“The rights of the individual are more important than the wishes of the masses.”

— J.Adam Snyder

It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.

— Wanda Sykes

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

— John C. Calhoun

I could give a flying crap about the political process We're an entertainment company.

— Glenn Beck

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

— Sun Ra

It is time we passed a balanced budget amendment and return this government to limited spending.

— Newt Gingrich

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

— Barney Frank

You gotta be think'n Sam Adams, not drink'n Sam Adams

— Sarah Palin

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits…

— Richard Perle

The best solution would be for the federal government to say, 'Yes, we do provide coverage and it's from day one.'

— Andrew P. Harris

Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer.

— Keith Best

It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation…

— Sam Brownback

Mrs. Bonneville never buckled her seat belt, even though it was required by state law; an ardent libertarian, she opposed government meddling…

— Carl Hiaasen

The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies.

— Noam Chomsky

The fundamental force behind the Second Amendment is to empower the people and give them the greatest measure of authority over the…

— Bob Schaffer

Royal titles ceased to be recognised by the Indian government in 1971. The title of Nawab and Maharaja are not recognised by…

— Saif Ali Khan

We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

If the government wants to do social policy, it should not be done in a quasi-public company. If you have a mortgage…

— Jamie Dimon

The forefathers, including James Madison, felt very strongly that the duties that we owe to God were outside of government's prerogative, that…

— Roy Moore

“Many religious fundamentalists around the world would like to see the establishment of theocracies — states where religion and government are closely…

— John Lee

A decision by the government to arm the rebels in Syria ought to be taken as carefully as one to commit British…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Lower rates of taxation will stimulate economic activity and so raise the levels of personal and corporate income as to yield within…

— John F. Kennedy

“What Tocqueville did not consider was how long such a government would remain in the hands of benevolent despots when it would…

— Friedrich Hayek

There is something that governments care for more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is…

— Emmeline Pankhurst

I try to make it a rule not to meddle in other people's politics.

— Barack Obama

We're a very religious country; the government's secular.

— Tucker Carlson

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

Who's going to do a better job of spending your money? You or the government?

— Kathy Szeliga

People go into politics because they want the affirmation, and they want the applause.

— Andrew Cuomo

I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics.

— Jason Alexander

My reading of history convinces me that most bad government has grown out of too much government.

— John Sharp Williams

The politician has no more use for pride than Falstaff had for honour.

— Bernard Crick

Men work harder and more readily when they labor on that which is their own.

— Fulton J. Sheen

He made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]

— John Prescott

Women are the volatile vote at the end-particularly independent, non-college-educated married women.

— Celinda Lake

Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.

— Piyush Goyal

Remember that politics, colonialism, imperialism and war also originate in the human brain.

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

“Not only does American corn syrup run deep in our food — it also runs deep in our propaganda.”

— Joshua Emmet

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

— Evgeny Morozov

The Democrats often seem like the Not Republican Party, no more and no less.

— Peggy Noonan