Politics Quotes · Page 257

For me, the marriage of publishing and politics simply weaves together the two family businesses.

— John F. Kennedy Jr

In a political struggle, never get personal - else the dagger digs too deep.

— Jack Valenti

The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.

— Anonymous

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

— Ted Nelson

I have a political view that is certainly progressive and radical in a certain sense.

— Susan Rosenberg

The choice in politics isn't usually between black and white. It's between two horrible shades of gray.

— Lord Thorneycroft

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

— Joe Klein

Here, also, has been evolved the form of government consistent with the largest possible civil liberty.

— Josiah Strong

I think artists are always investigating how to have an economic, political platform. At one time, artists were supported by the Church.…

— Jeff Koons

The government is more responsive to wealthy communities than poor communities, and to wealthy people than poor people.

— Annie Lowrey

People who feel alienated have little trust in the institutions of our society. This adds to the wider sense of disaffection and…

— Hilary Benn

“I came to the conclusion that an enormous amount of research was needed to form an opinion on anything, and therefore abandoned…

— Philip Larkin

I had a basic plan for my life. The plan was - 20s: make money; 30s: have family; and 40s: run for…

— Michael Seibel

I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start…

— Damon Albarn

Higher taxes is the road to ruin. We must and we will shrink our government, and that means making some tough choices,…

— Chris Christie

I'd request politicians to stop diverting attention from the actual issues that affect the country. Please stop resorting to soft targets like…

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

I'm really careful about not slamming my politics home in my shows, but I don't try to hide, either. The arts can…

— Bonnie Raitt

One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

... the connection between imperial politics and culture is astonishingly direct. American attitudes to American "greatness", to hierarchies of race, to the…

— Edward Said

“A dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidden…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Society, in which we all live, is corrupt, immoral, aggressive, destructive. This society has been going on in primitive or modified form…

— Jiddu Krishnamurti

Look at the list of liberals who are active in politics, if not running. Barbra Streisand, Sean Penn, Warren Beatty, Springsteen, Spielberg...…

— Bill Maher

A certain secret jealousy of the British Minister is always lurking in the breast of every American Senator, if he is truly…

— Henry Adams

I think that marijuana should be legalized. I think the only reason it isn't legal is because politicians who smoked it when…

— Richard Branson

You can't govern without loving the people and without humility!

— Pope Francis

Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.

— Woodrow Wilson

If we're free to do what we want, why does government always have a plan for us?

— P. J. O'Rourke

Politicians have made people cry... politics has become a circus.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

It is important that South Africans of all political persuasions be represented in Parliament.

— Cyril Ramaphosa

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property.

— Russell Kirk

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

— Bill Gates

All growth, including political growth, is the result of risk-taking.

— Jude Wanniski

“The problem with that analysis is that it is incorrect.”

— Herman Cain

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

— Rory Bremner

People too smart to get involved in politics are doomed to live in societies run by people who aren't.

— Plato

Over the years, the tax code has become a vehicle for political favoritism and social engineering.

— Bill Bradley

I am not a full-time politician but a 'sanyasi' who took the path of politics to serve the masses.

— Yogi Adityanath

“Why do people look to the government to fix the economy? It's mind-boggling.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Ketahui semua yang kau katakan, tetapi jangan katakan semua yang kau ketahui.”

— Hendri Teja