Politics Quotes · Page 252

Where government is impossible, politics is impossible.

— Bernard Crick

Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching?

— Steven Brust

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

— Iain Banks

In my store, I don't do anything political. There are no signs up, and I'm not pushing anyone.

— Rick Harrison

We do ourselves as politicians no favours if we are seen to peddle unachievable moonshine.

— Dominic Grieve

“Here the only one who has the right to prohibit anything is the government, we live in a democracy.”

— Gabriel García Márquez

I do music to tell people my thoughts and opinions about life, emotions, politics, everything.

— Benjamin Clementine

I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.

— Gavin Newsom

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

— Harry S. Truman

There is a strong need for constructing low income houses in the province, for which the Punjab government has planned a programme…

— Shehbaz Sharif

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the…

— Rob Walton

Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is…

— Chester A. Arthur

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and…

— Paul Johnson

To love one's country, the governance should be good. But politicians are addicts of power. It is because they don't read that…

— Sreenivasan

Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools.…

— Jesse Jackson

“...Russia itself having turned to socialist realism - no-man's-land between surrealism and communism,...”

— John Fowles

Change from below, the formulation of demands from the populace to end unacceptable injustice, supported by direct action, has played a far…

— Tony Benn

[People] are looking at the politicians as being all talk, no action. They talk the big game, then they go to Washington,…

— Donald Trump

In the 13 months I've been in the Senate, it has become apparent to me the single thing that Republican politicians hate…

— Ted Cruz

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by…

— Louise Slaughter

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage,…

— John Hickenlooper

“An American is a man who is greater in his soul than in his class, creed, political party, or the section in…

— David Barton

Under a government committed to cutting public services to the bone, the police are often left to clean up all sorts of…

— Jesse Armstrong

I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East…

— Condoleezza Rice

For forms of government, let fools contest; Whate'er is best administered, is best.

— Alexander Pope

I have always believed in development over votebank politics.

— Narendra Modi

Parents, not governments, should decide what is best for their family.

— Richard Grenell

The political climate during a campaign is not the best climate for reasonable debate.

— Jose Mujica

I think the presidency is an institution over which you have temporary custody.

— Ronald Reagan

It's hard to talk about politics in a Hollywood world.

— Shailene Woodley

The three main company to terrorists: police, Pakistan Army, Politics

— Mak_786

“Your enemy is not in North Korea or Syria, it is your own corporate controlled government.”

— Steven Magee

“Of course in 1860, I had heard the political talk.”

— Nancy B. Brewer

The government cannot put a chocolate on every one of their pillows and tuck them in at night.

— John Mica

The worst side of people is political part of the process, the side that can be very mean and nasty.

— Rob Zerban

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

— Joe Lhota

This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers.

— John Marshall

I am supposed to owe the government something like $100 million. I couldn't squeeze out a dime.

— Dennis Kozlowski

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.

— Adam Weishaupt

Experience counts in government even more than in business.

— Mo Ibrahim