Politics Quotes · Page 227

“We need democracy and meritocracy, not mockracy and hypocrisy.”

— TheKeyAuthor

Once you accept you're a child in the government nursery, why shouldn't Nanny tell you what to do?

— Mark Steyn

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.

— Robert Peel

“As long as politicians lack self-restraint, they will print a lot of money at some point.”

— Daniel Pecaut

The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives.

— Henry A. Kissinger

George W. Bush is evil. He is a terrorist. He is evil. He is arrogant. And he is out of control.

— Julianne Malveaux

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed.

— George Osborne

Since the beginning of recorded history, the business of government has been wealth confiscation.

— Ron Holland

“I think patriotism should be all about wanting to see Liberia develops, beyond one's commitment to a tribe, party, leaders, and past…

— Henry Johnson Jr

It would be naive to imagine we have solved all our income security problems simply because the roles of the federal and…

— Kim Campbell

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

— Mark Twain

We have four boxes with which to defend our freedom: the soap box, the ballot box, the jury box, and the cartridge…

— Larry McDonald

My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values,…

— Lawrence Lessig

Maybe it's because I've never been in politics, but I don't believe that America is run by politicians in Washington. I believe…

— Wesley Clark

When I joined politics, I was arrested in Luanshya... In 1960, I was with great people like Justine Chimba, Mazimba from Ndola…

— Michael Sata

So, what I say to people is that politics has got to be about principle and values above all. Of course, there…

— Chris Patten

Since I've left 'Blue Peter' I've presented all sorts of different things. I've done a music show, for instance, and 'Blue Peter'…

— Konnie Huq

I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to…

— William Cobbett

R&D has been an obsession in Europe for many, many years. There is this magical number which many governments aspire to do,…

— Jean-Philippe Courtois

“A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote…

— Alexander Fraser Tytler

The idea that each individual has intrinsic, God-given value and is of infinite worth quite apart from any social contribution - an…

— Elaine Pagels

“I’m very careful with political statements. When I bash the Republicans, I know I’ll piss off about half the people. That’s why…

— Jarod Kintz

Climate change will impact most heavily on the disadvantaged. If we don't address these impacts, as well as growing income inequalities, we…

— Wesley K. Wark

If we were all to chase every squirrel that comes running along in the form of a personal dispute or a mischaracterization…

— Mike Lee

Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.

— Alan Bradley

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.

— Joseph Goebbels

“What lies ahead seems unlikely; when it becomes the past, it seems inevitable.”

— Rebecca Solnit

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.

— Anonymous

There's no doubt that the Chinese government is waging a full-fledged crackdown on Demosisto.

— Joshua Wong

I despise charity. It gives crumbs to a few and silences the others.

— Eve Ensler

Politics didn't lead me to working people. Working people led me into politics.

— Barack Obama

In politics, there is no use looking beyond the next fortnight.

— Joseph Chamberlain

New Mexicans are ready to take state government right back!

— Michelle Lujan Grisham

I celebrate political protest, it is necessary and protected for a reason, but make it good people!

— Lisa Kennedy Montgomery

If people can't expect their government to be honest and clean, they can't expect anything from it.

— Josh Hawley

In matters of government, justice means force as well as virtue.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

— Jill Scott

It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for.

— Will Rogers

Enough of this foreign fiasco distraction. Get back to work. It is time to bomb Obamacare.

— Sarah Palin

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible.

— Friedrich August von Hayek