Politics Quotes · Page 231

This I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.

— John Steinbeck

Politicians should not be making personal medical decisions for other people.

— Leana S. Wen

There are aspects of '24' where I love its politics and aspects where I hate them.

— Kiefer Sutherland

We cannot fight communism all over the world, and I think we should have learned that lesson by now.

— John F. Kerry

A well educated man with an independent mind is a type of man liked by no government!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The real reform Japan needs is decisive politics when we face issues that need to be decided.

— Yoshihiko Noda

The climatic world is one world even if politically we are not.

— Reid Bryson

I don't really pay attention to the news or stuff like that or what's going on in politics.

— Finn Balor

In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into…

— Abraham Lincoln

“That is why it could happen anywhere, given the right ingredients: particular people in government, competing with others- or with each other-…

— Clea Koff

When your government, employer, landlord, merchant, banker and local sports team gang up to picture, digitize and permanently record your every activity,…

— William Safire

Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

The persons and property of our citizens are entitled to the protection of our government in all places where they may lawfully…

— Thomas Jefferson

We felt that the employees would take a greater interest in work if they felt they were part of the company.

— William Redington Hewlett

I have worked in the federal government and saw the debilitating effects of our antiquated civil service system on morale and results.

— Stephen Moore

I'm not easily scared; from the age of 8, I learned what it means to have everything you know taken away and…

— Ilhan Omar

“The late distinguished sociologist Robert Nisbet, following Tocqueville, argued that when the forces of personal liberation are dominant in a culture, the…

— Charles J. Chaput

There is no constitutional or legal requirement that the President shall take the oath of office in the presence of the People…

— Benjamin Harrison

What we need is political leadership which can give guidance to the development of global governance. We need business leadership which goes…

— Juan Somavia

To seek out the best [persons to serve in the government] though the whole Union, we must resort to the information which…

— Thomas Jefferson

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were political enemies, but they became fast friends. And when they passed away on the same day,…

— Harry S. Truman

As the 2012 elections approach the finish line, the chatter among columnists and political reporters is about upcoming books that take readers…

— Juan Williams

Despots govern by terror. They know that he who fears God fears nothing else; and therefore they eradicate from the mind, through…

— Edmund Burke

The presidency is the most visible thread that runs through the tapestry of the American government. More often than not, for good…

— Mike Pence

Public service is a part of who I am, having grown up in a family of politicians.

— Harold Ford, Jr

Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them.

— Charley Reese

It is part of our political thinking that democracy is a battle of ideas.

— Mehbooba Mufti

Development of Bengal is possible only under the governance of PM Narendra Modi.

— Amit Shah

“Renunciar a la libertad es renunciar a la condición de hombre.”

— Anonymous

If socialists understood economics, they wouldn't be socialist.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

They should have picked a different city to name after a man who reputedly never told a lie.

— Doug Larson

The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away.

— Ronald Reagan

Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.

— Mario Puzo

That is something about politics - you can't take it personally.

— Diana Taylor

Separation prevents the government from determining church policy, whether directly or indirectly.

— John M Swomley

I am not with any political party. I laugh at media reports of my entering politics.

— Vijay

The stakes ... are too high for government to be a spectator sport.

— Barbara Jordan

Hard work and education will take you farther than any government program can ever promise.

— Mia Love

States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.

— Piyush Goyal

Everybody wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes.

— Werner Finck