Politics Quotes · Page 239

Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.

— Fran Lebowitz

“The House of Saud had executed Juhayman. Now they were making his program government policy.”

— Robert Lacey

It's time for the government to scale back, not for people of faith to scale back!

— Mike Huckabee

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.

— Carly Fiorina

My passion in life isn't politics. It truly is connecting to people and women.

— Iliza Shlesinger

I hate government. I'm apolitical. Write that down. I'm not a Republican.

— Bruce Willis

We have to end political gerrymandering in this country. We have to end it.

— Michael Bennet

I didn't come into politics to have to deal with the issue of clandestine entry, illegal working, or an asylum system that…

— David Blunkett

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds,…

— Mark Twain

What Simone Weil said politics has meant all along, which means that you fight for 11 percent, 12 percent, 13 percent, that…

— Robert Hass

Each of us was created to rule, govern, control, master, manage, and lead our environments. You are in essence a leader, no…

— Myles Munroe

I've had shows where, afterwards, people have commented or hoped I would talk more about something in politics or that I would…

— Wyatt Cenac

Progressives regard government as the white knight that protects the public from the greed of capitalists. If only.

— Paul Craig Roberts

For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to…

— Adolf Hitler

“If you want to denounce impunity then you have to start with denouncing the impunity that the regime enjoys.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Government bonds have basically been sold in the domestic market, so there is some sense of stability, but the amount of public…

— Yoshihiko Noda

Al Gore's problem, in my view, is that he never liked politics. He's actually deeply uncomfortable in it but felt he had…

— Andrew Sullivan

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations…

— Thomas Jefferson

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that…

— William Blackstone

“Politicians know that if they fail to engage with the gay community, and fail to develop coherent positions on the issues that…

— Anonymous

“Please don't grow up to be one of those men who lie for the sport of it, and most men do. That's…

— Carl Hiaasen

It is not from space that I must seek my dignity, but from the government of my thought. I shall have no…

— Blaise Pascal

I would rather have a candidate that's cohesive in bringing people together from different ethnic backgrounds but around the same policy than…

— Killer Mike

I want people to understand the barriers to serious government in order that more people take action.

— Dominic Cummings

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

— Scott McCallum

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

— Wendell Phillips

If the old dog hadn't got distracted by the fire plug, he would have caught the rabbit.

— Hayes McClerkin

The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.

— Simon Bolivar

I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.

— Anonymous

I have been called a great many things in my time – that's politics.

— Nigel Farage

“If Santa Claus was a politician, he would only put billboards promising the best Christmas presents.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

“If someone lies about little things, that should be your first clue!”

— D William Manley

Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.

— Ken Jeong

Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.

— Russell Pearce

Governments have their origin in the moral identity of men.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The federal government is our servant, not our master.

— Thomas Jefferson

The only way we are held accountable is if people know what government is doing.

— Ted Wheeler

The central issue of poetry as of politics is the destiny of the human personality.

— Martin Carter

Government . . . is a reflection of us. It is up to us to earn a better reflection.

— Andrew Horning