Politics Quotes · Page 287

The basis of my politics is, first of all, fairness and honesty.

— Alexander Lukashenko

We would certainly encourage the Italian government to put forward an ambitious agenda of reform.

— Rodrigo Rato

I will restore a government based on principle and justice.

— Moon Jae-in

Politicians are so... detested; they don't actually walk amongst people now.

— Irvine Welsh

The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.

— Anonymous

“Politicians are fools and the games they play are fools games.”

— M.J. Rose

When government tries to make people more equal, it makes them more unequal.

— James Cook

Democracy is too important to be left to politicians.

— Elizabeth May

Let's face it, politics in this country is coin-operated. Does that really equate to a real democracy? It's very difficult to say.

— Ted Waitt

Architecture and architectural freedom are above all a social issue that must be seen from inside a political structure, not from outside…

— Anonymous

With any new civilization... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that.

— Jimi Hendrix

Democracy is the most demanding of all forms of government in terms of the energy, imagination, and public spirit required of the…

— George C. Marshall

The very essence of a free government consists in considering offices as public trusts, bestowed for the good of the country, and…

— John C. Calhoun

I would've been intrigued by being a film director. I would've been intrigued by politics. I thought about architecture.

— Charlie Rose

When a federal court issues an order against enforcement of a government policy, the ruling traditionally applies only to the plaintiff in…

— William Barr

“exaggerated. If you take political candidates as a population sample, then the United States is a Third World country. Everyone grows up…

— Lee Child

Capitalism’s biggest political enemies are not the firebrand trade unionists spewing vitriol against the system but the executives in pin-striped suits extolling…

— Raghuram Rajan

In the case of Donald Trump I think you've got to accept that a lot of what's going on in political discourse…

— Julian Baggini

My mother was a woman of the '50s who had a family in the '70s while finding her political and feminist voice.…

— Dervla Kirwan

Those that are conservative when they are young have no heart, those that are older, in these despairing times, seem to miss…

— Yust Lundberg

The U.S. views Morocco as an important friend, and we applaud your political and economic reforms that culminated with the recent parliamentary…

— Donald Evans

My dad and I had a real meeting of the minds. We loved to talk about music, politics, and art. He loved…

— Rosanne Cash

“There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true…

— Frank Herbert

I certainly am not alone in the world with this demand; I am in the best of company. Let it be said…

— Adolf Hitler

People in Israel are sick and tired of the old politics.

— Yair Lapid

“In politics, I don’t know which came first, the rubber chicken policies, or the eggheadedness.”

— Jarod Kintz

What animates me in politics are the economic issues of opportunity.

— Ted Cruz

In fact, the media should not be run by the government at all.

— Arvind Kejriwal

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

— John Bercow

Now interpersonal politics... that's what it's all about.

— Max Cannon

I think we're on too many government watch lists. We'd better let this one go.

— Grant Imahara

I am committed to growing participation in the political process and doing it the right way.

— Ilhan Omar

A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.

— George Stillman Hillard

I think less than people think I do about politics. I care about writing.

— Orhan Pamuk

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

— Caroline Kennedy

I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.

— Doris Lessing

Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

— Barack Obama

Government is an institution which prevents injustice other than such as it commits itself.

— Ibn Khaldun

I don't get wrapped up in the politics of going down to win a penalty or getting an opponent sent off.

— Alex Scott

Politics: distrust all parties but consider capitalism must go.

— Louis MacNeice