Politics Quotes · Page 290

Violence is not and has never been a legitimate means to a political end.

— Ted Wheeler

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

— Austin O'Malley

I'm a conservative who likes small government and lower taxes.

— Charlie Sykes

It is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger.

— Mandy Patinkin

Politics is not a picture on a wall or a television sitcom that you can decide you don't much care for.

— Molly Ivins

People say I'm indecisive, but I don't know about that.

— George H. W. Bush

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

— Carl Hiaasen

My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized.

— Albert Einstein

I think everybody's political. The act of being alive is political. Unless you choose to be a hermit, you're automatically political because…

— Julianne Moore

Leaders get things wrong. Of course they do. They have imperfect information. They face competing political pressures. Ultimately they are human.

— Barry Gardiner

All of us who are convinced that our military needs all the support the government and public will provide are pleased that…

— Alex Morrison

The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.

— Mike Crapo

The things you refuse to meet today always come back at you later on, usually under circumstances which make the decision twice…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

When it comes to politics, unless it's an issue that's really close to home and you feel strongly about, I just don't…

— AJ Tracey

There is one government with which we keep diplomatic relations, the government of Mexico, with which we have good relations. Our systems…

— Che Guevara

For me, journalism has been more a matter of projecting a particular approach to covering policies, to covering issues. It was a…

— Eliot Spitzer

I'm not a politically-charged person. I don't want to be. I don't want to talk about politics and I don't want to…

— Oliver Sykes

“Our Founders explicitly designed our system so that all powers not delegated to the federal government (education included) fell to the states…

— Glenn Beck

Imagine if the political elites in our country were forced to endure the same conditions at the airport as business travelers, families,…

— Ron Paul

I never liked the Hierarchy of the Church-an equality in the teacher of Religion, and a dependence on the people, are republican…

— Rufus King

Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a…

— Mark Kirk

The ultimate end is a nation that lies under the concept of the Declaration of Indepen dence. The Declaration of Independence is…

— Malcolm Wallop

“The government of Pakistan is yet to understand that the insurgency is not the disease but the symptoms of the disease. If…

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed…

— John Ralston Saul

[I]t is the reason alone, of the public, that ought to control and regulate the government.

— James Madison

When the Federal government buys the mortgages, they're not spending it, they're investing it.

— Howard Warren Buffett

A British politician who cloaks himself in the mantle of God is immediately regarded with suspicion.

— Gavin Esler

The most important duty of government is to keep our people safe.

— Kay Ivey

Having studied politics doesn't necessarily give you political nous.

— Jo Swinson

During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator.

— David Ignatius

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.

— Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

— Charles De Gaulle

Politicians should not be trying to pick their voters. The voters get to pick who represents them.

— Raphael Warnock

The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.

— Ludwig von Mises

Socialism can only be put into practice only by methods which most socialists disapprove.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

I love politics. If you're not involved, part of the debate, you can't influence anything.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

Confound their politics, Frustrate their knavish tricks.

— Henry Carey

The government is a tyrant living by theft, and therefore has no business to engage in any business.

— Benjamin Tucker

Comfort the weak and feel the poor. What on earth do we need government for?

— Ray Davies

The cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.

— Woodrow Wilson