Politics Quotes · Page 269

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

— Aristotle

With the same honest views, the most honest men often form different conclusions.

— Thomas Jefferson

Activity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry.

— John George Nicolay

All the people have gone to war leaving no interrogator to mind.

— Lou Reed

Damn it all you can't have the crown of thorns and the thirty pieces of silver.

— Aneurin Bevan

I have rarely seen the government do anything that was effective.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

“A Reforma Política é importante, mas nenhuma reforma será maior do que a conscientização popular.”

— Victor Bello Accioly

For there are very few so foolish who would not rather govern themselves than be governed by others.

— Thomas Hobbes

If you want to rebel, rebel from inside the system.That's much more powerful than rebelling outside the system.

— Marie Lu

I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on…

— James Madison

The whole thing was done for internal political reasons to galvanize and unify the country against the Americans, and if they hadn't…

— Lloyd Cutler

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I…

— Jesse Ventura

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

— H. Rap Brown

The privilege of creating and issuing money is not only the supreme prerogative of government, but it is the government's greatest creative…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Never mind that Hillary has not served in Congress, the branch of government that writes the tax laws.”

— Donna Brazile

“For to us a child is born, for to us a son is given, and the government shall be on his shoulders.…

— Anonymous

As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself…

— John Adams

Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to…

— Dalai Lama

I think that's what activates the Tea Party Movement. What they see is the government interfering with their lives and with the…

— Sharron Angle

Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to…

— Nelson Mandela

Oh, princes thrive on caviar, the poor on whey and curds, / And politicians, I infer, must eat their windy words. /…

— Phyllis McGinley

It's sad that as crushed Millennials we live in the shadow of our parents, our fathers. We aren't willing to murder our…

— Cody Wilson

The civil rights movement didn't deal with the issue of political disenfranchisement in the Northern cities. It didn't deal with the issues…

— Danny Glover

I think that it's important to make criticisms of the government as a whole and criticisms of the policies, but to do…

— Brandon Victor Dixon

Why should the government subsidize intellectual curiosity?

— Ronald Reagan

I think it's good politics to beat up on big companies and rich people.

— Sam Wyly

In war as in politics, Neave's attitude was always to get on with it.

— Kemi Badenoch

If the terriers and bariffs are torn down, this economy will grow.

— George W. Bush

As an athlete, there are limits to my ability to reach out, a platform that politics can offer.

— Dutee Chand

“Truth might be heroic, but it was not within the range of practical domestic politics.”

— Samuel Butler

“But there's nothing wrong with being scared. I think everyone's a little scared. Even the government.”

— David Patneaude

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

— Adlai E Stevenson

We can't expect Wall Street to police itself - that's why we have a federal government.

— Martin O'Malley

“Cruelty is an earmark of murderers and politicians.”

— Eric R. Asher

Excellence will become the expectation across government, not the exception.

— Zohran Mamdani

I've always been a big fan of political and social satire.

— Camille Perri

Billy Graham isn't about politics - Billy Graham is about God.

— Darius Rucker

When a leader is in the Democratic party he's a boss; when he's in the Republican party he's a leader

— Harry S Truman

It is boring to have all the answers. Only political people have answers.

— Michael Haneke

“Government and unions have negotiated a minimum service to be maintained during strikes.”

— Tim Parks