Politics Quotes · Page 299

Politics come from man. Mercy, compassion, and justice come from God.

— John Terry

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

— Mark Twain

If you do not force political freedom, economic freedom will be stymied sooner or later.

— Milton Friedman

Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.

— James K. Polk

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

— George Papandreou

The choice between a Labour government and a Tory one is sharpening minds.

— Lucy Powell

“Republican or Democrat, the USA government is corrupt!”

— Steven Magee

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

— Carol Moseley Braun

you can always tell employees of the government by the total vacancy which occupies the space where most other people have faces.

— John Kennedy Toole

Universal, equal, direct and secret elections in the U.S.S.R. will be a whip in the hands of the population against poorly functioning…

— Joseph Stalin

We are under [government's] control, and if people don't realize that, they haven't looked around. And if they're not paranoid, they haven't…

— Merle Haggard

And let me say this as a politician I can promise you this, political leaders will never take risks if the people…

— Barack Obama

All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which…

— Ulysses S. Grant

If you are an [American] politician it's very hard to imagine. "Now we are going to treat these guys as our equals?…

— Hooman Majd

My cartoons haven't been about the politics of the day or about the personalities; I'm more interested in campaigning about the issues.

— Judy Horacek

My approach to politics is that I'm not a Democrat or a Republican. I'm an American and I always support candidates I…

— Marc Benioff

The government and the opposition need to think about their people, if they actually went out and saw the conditions in which…

— Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos

“The perpetrator is a person. He’s got blood flowing in his or her veins. Does it matter if he or she is…

— S. A. David

The historic role of the Conservative Party is to use the leverage of its political and diplomatic skills to create a fresh…

— Edward Heath

In the 1970s, we got a Labor government that put more emphasis on trade with Asia; the Vietnam war ended, and refugees…

— Jimmy Barnes

“One of the government edicts passed shortly after the founding of the Tokugawa Shogunate, Japan’s last great shogunate dynasty (1603–1868), made it…

— Boyé Lafayette de Mente

It's amazing to me how many people think that voting to have the government give poor people money is compassion. Helping poor…

— Penn Jillette

While the fictional realm as such allows for the obstacles of present-day politics to be altered, neglected, and negotiated at will, sci-fi…

— Larissa Sansour

Historically, it has required a combination of favorable employment trends and active government intervention to lower the percentage of people in poverty…

— Stephanie Coontz

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

— Jeff Greenfield

Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not.

— Robert Jackson Bennett

Those who are not interested in politics will be forever ruled by those who are.

— G. Edward Griffin

“All governments lie; those that lie the best are those we trust the most”

— Michael Patrick Clark

Spin is overrated. It is strategy, not spin, that wins elections.

— Dick Morris

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government

— James Q. Wilson

Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government.

— Tim Murphy

We have spent our time in government fixing the economy.

— Enda Kenny

We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.

— Bruce Rauner

If you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.

— Tony Blair

...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.

— Aristotle

The political spin in Washington is revolting, just revolting. It's a callous political game.

— Rob Bishop

No partisan political activity transpired in my office during the recount period.

— Katherine Harris

My sister is not interested in any political positions; not in Rajya Sabha or anything else.

— Naveen Patnaik

I love this sport and I don't want to get involved in politics.

— Sete Gibernau

Public opinion is the last refuge of a politician without any opinion.

— Baron Bonham-Carter Mark Bonham Carter