Politics Quotes · Page 246

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Politics is the polite way of telling somone else they’re stupid.

— Burnie Burns

Every now and then, I am reminded it's not always about politics. It's about people.

— Tomi Lahren

I am interested in risk, in art as well as in the realm of politics.

— Rachel Kushner

We know the only way to reimagine our government is to reimagine who is leading it.

— Carly Fiorina

With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

— Molly Ivins

As one of your writers said, 'There are three kinds of lies: a small lie, a big lie and politics.

— Anonymous

When you are subverting the power of government, that's a fundamentally dangerous thing to democracy.

— Edward Snowden

I began a conversation with the heads of our esteemed department of political science, and instantly I concluded, 'Hopelessly incompetent!

— Ira Carmen

The world is changing rapidly, and our government needs to move more quickly to transform how we operate to have the greatest…

— Ned Lamont

The people = government doctrine is equivalent to political infantilism -- an agreement to pretend that the citizen's wishes animate each restriction…

— James Bovard

Government is full of people who think they know what's best for others and can rationalize compelling them to accept it.

— James Cook

Political pundits in Delhi and Islamabad have berated the West for its relativism and double-standards. After all why should Britain have a…

— Tariq Ali

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

— Harold Laski

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another,…

— Sean O'Casey

“Restraint, however, is the essence of modern governance. A government’s self-control permits its people to create, explore, and discover, and that’s what…

— Gordon G. Chang

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever…

— Jim Hightower

“You are put in school to be trained to become exactly what they want you to be: not them, anything but them.…

— craig stone

Nonbelievers are protected by the religion clauses of the Constitution not because secular humanism is a religion, which it is not, but…

— Norman Dorsen

Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At…

— Edmund Clarence Stedman

I don't think Trump is a conservative. I think he is a man without any fixed principles. And to the extent he…

— Charlie Sykes

The unification of opposites which characterizes the commercial and political style is one of the many ways in which discourse and communication…

— Herbert Marcuse

“REAL Entrepreneurs will be the one's who change the world for the better. Governments must become PUBLIC servants to create the best…

— Tony Dovale

It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but…

— Irene Khan

It will not be any European statesman who will unite Europe: Europe will be united by the Chinese.

— Charles de Gaulle

If you value the democratic process, you have to value the protection of political speech.

— Ana Kasparian

I dont think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.

— Vicky Hartzler

I believe in sharing and contributing to society without being in politics.

— Nana Patekar

Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

— Mitch Daniels

A great nation is any mob of people which produces at least one honest man a century.

— H. L. Mencken

In the world of fiction, politics usually appears considerably more exciting than it is.

— Jess Phillips

I go for all sharing the privileges of the government, who assist in bearing its burthens.

— Abraham Lincoln

Soaring rhetoric will not restore the American people's confidence in their government.

— Kevin Brady

The effective strategies in politics are ones that are so clear and obvious that people can grasp it.

— Karl Rove

I want to tell the government, stop being soft towards the terrorists.

— Simi Garewal

It will be said that great societies cannot exist without government.

— Thomas Jefferson

In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.

— Roy Hattersley

I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.

— John Marston

The Democrats smell blood and don't want to be told that it's their own.

— Mark Steyn

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

— Plato