Politics Quotes · Page 223

I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.

— Thomas Jefferson

I am interested in politics so that one day I will not have to be interested in politics.

— Ayn Rand

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

— Ben Stiller

The verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician.

— Franz Grillparzer

When you are in the government, you have to demonise your opposition.

— Mahathir Mohamad

I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician.

— PJ Harvey

There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.

— Tom Petty

“Prison abolition is more than a politic, it’s a daily practice.”

— Shira Hassan

Bidenomics was the belief that a government spending bonanza could juice the economy after the turmoil caused by a pandemic, lockdowns and…

— Scott Bessent

Even though some in our government may claim that civil liberties must be compromised in order to protect the public, we must…

— Lucille Roybal-Allard

Each Middle East country has their own unique kinds of challenges; but the fundamentals, the desire for democracy and freely elected governments…

— John McCain

“This meant there could be no German rearmament; that meant there could be no equality of arms, and that in turn, by…

— James L. Stokesbury

Government social programs introduced in the '60s by liberal Democratic politicians seduced black men into relying on 'programs' over God.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

— Calvin Trillin

My professional background consisted of evaluating specific programs the government was sponsoring in education or social services or, when I was in…

— Charles Murray

Peace Corps helps promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and non-violent co-existence among people of diverse cultures and systems…

— Sam Farr

“The main rationale for the "elimination of politics' is also its main tool: rapid and broad-based economic development, in PAP thinking, both…

— Cherian George

“The idea had always struck Shader as bizarre: entrusting the governance of a country to the whims of an uneducated mob. No…

— D.P. Prior

The Supreme Court consistently favors organized money and the political privileges of the corporate class. We have a Senate that is more…

— Bill Moyers

We have devoted ourselves to the government and extension of the Church, and, among other objects, we have conceived it to be…

— Pope Leo X

The right honorable gentleman [Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke] is the first of the new party who has retired into his political cave…

— John Bright

... while one-half of the people of the United States are robbed of their inherent right of personal representation in this freestcountry…

— Susan B. Anthony

“Everything is argued over in this world. Apart from only one thing that is not argued over. Nobody argues about democracy. Democracy…

— José Saramago

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how…

— Jada Pinkett Smith

“We cannot move forward if we allow the past to pull us back.”

— Rodrigo Duterte

To govern is to correct. If you set an example by being correct, who would dare remain incorrect?

— Confucius

Memo to Congress: America's problem is not that government is too small. It's the spending, stupid!

— Bob Beauprez

What good fortune for governments that people do not think

— Adolf Hitler

Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office.

— John F. Kennedy

The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political.

— Scilla Elworthy

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

— Ann Miller

Politicians unwilling to do battle are wasting our time.

— Miranda Devine

I would make a horrible politician, because I wouldn't enjoy my work.

— Billy Campbell

Although I come from a political family, I consider myself a slightly atypical politician.

— Kyriakos Mitsotakis

The US government is a hypocrite in its fight against terrorism, ... The US is manipulating justice.

— José Vicente Rangel

They fought indeed and were slain, but it was to maintain the luxury and the wealth of other men.

— Plutarch

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens

— John Warren Kindt

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force.

— George Orwell

I don't know if I am a very good politician. I'm not a good hater.

— Nick Xenophon

Politics: (noun) From Greek, poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning 'bloodsucking creatures.

— Anonymous