Politics Quotes · Page 233

My philosophy is that politicians should be jumped on as often as possible.

— David Levine

If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.

— Thomas Jefferson

We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.

— Millicent Fenwick

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments.

— Mercy Otis Warren

The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more.

— Neal Boortz

The electorate is starved for honest debate and for the good governance that follows from it.

— Bret Weinstein

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

— John Ridley

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

— Barry Goldwater

For all the taxes they take out of my paycheck the government should at least send me a picture of the ghetto…

— Jessica

I have joined the political arena so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves.

— Donald Trump

Bitcoin might revolutionise more than money or economics. It could transform the role and nature of government

— Leon Louw

The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I try not to get too political. But coming from South Africa, where apartheid was a huge problem, and there was lots…

— Kevin Anderson

The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that…

— Herbert Croly

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what…

— Thomas Jefferson

My definition of patriotism is that it is unconscionable for you to disrespect the flag. You can be a patriot and challenge…

— Emily Compagno

I don't want to get into any politics about it but I just think if we are a nation that is all…

— George Clarke

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our…

— George Papandreou

“There are, Jefferson said, two classes of “disputants” that are especially common. The “first is . . . young students . .…

— Davidson Butler

I had no inkling of how crazy the political life would turn out to be. You shuttle between your constituency and Ottawa,…

— Michael Ignatieff

Pakistan is rich in sporting talent, but the only thing needed is to have sincere and honest administrators who should be held…

— Jahangir Khan

Russell's books should be bound in two colours, those dealing with mathematical logic in red - and all students of philosophy should…

— Ludwig Wittgenstein

Men will see in their king or in their rulers men like themselves perhaps unworthy or open to criticism, but they will…

— Pope Pius XI

“The next thing I knew, the season of politics was over. Like a drooping flag on a windless day, the gigantic shock…

— Haruki Murakami

Look...it's empty...as empty as a politician's promise!

— Harry Blackstone, Jr

A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.

— Barack Obama

Your political views should be your political views. I believe in business being non-partisan.

— Mark Henry

“Illinois preschoolers were temporarily saved from the debilitating effects of cereal and milk.”

— Barack Obama

If possible, I want to hear POLITICS defined without either sympathy or apathy.

— Terry Mark

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

— Theodore Roosevelt

You can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.

— Ronald Reagan

The corrupt political establishment is a machine, it has no soul.

— Donald Trump

Jayalalithaaji was not just a politician: she was the messiah of the masses.

— Hema Malini

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

— George Washington

These things do not happen by chance. There is much less luck in public affairs than some suppose.

— Calvin Coolidge

I have a friend who's extremely into politics, and I learned a lot from them.

— Sophia Lillis

Government is the enemy of conservatism and freedom.

— Ron Paul

We will leverage technology to collaborate with the government in its e-governance initiatives.

— Chanda Kochhar

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

— Thomas Jefferson

We should not be playing politics with the security and safety of our commuters.

— Mikie Sherrill