Politics Quotes · Page 303

Once politics become a tug-of-war for shares in the income pie, decent government is impossible.

— Friedrich August von Hayek

It is a good thing that we do not get as much government as we pay for.

— Will Rogers

Enough of this foreign fiasco distraction. Get back to work. It is time to bomb Obamacare.

— Sarah Palin

The public cannot be too curious concerning the characters of public men.

— Samuel Adams

What if the government built this thing? I doubt it. Why? Cause it works.

— Anonymous

Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.

— Vladimir Lenin

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

— Bernie Sanders

“Politics isn’t dirty. And neither are politicians. No, politicians are filthy.”

— Jarod Kintz

He who suffers wins in politics. The martyr does not obtain the victory personally, but his group, his successors, win in the…

— Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy

“In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities.”

— Mark Twain

Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.

— Richard Eyre

“Governments are too stupid to understand that too much red tape does not bind a nation together—it tears it apart.”

— Jarod Kintz

“The perforated men and the women with square heads left Tim with the strong impression that the government should stick to issuing…

— Gregg Hurwitz

My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people…

— Leo Varadkar

Giving people like Dodd and Frank more authority is like rewarding an arsonist with gasoline and matches.

— Daniel J. Mitchell

“I heard the Empire has a tyrannical and repressive government!" "What form of government is that?" said Ponder Stibbons. "A tautology," said…

— Terry Pratchett

“Among a large class, there seemed to be a dependence upon the government for every conceivable thing. The members of this class…

— Booker T. Washington

I hereby pledge that, if elected to represent the people of South Dakota, I will never vote to shut down their government,…

— Rick Weiland

We know a way now to make use of democracy, and we know how to change the attitude of people towards government,…

— Sun Yat-sen

Political parties do not want to win solely for the sake of winning; they want to win so that their coalition can…

— Jamelle Bouie

A system that rewards politicians skilled at campaigning - which is the art of creating an illusion - and that puts hundreds…

— John Stossel

Whatever your political leaning, vote. This participation is vital. I feel the same way about issues like the space program, education, the…

— Ron Howard

Why certain political classes want purposefully to keep Americans in a state of perpetual debt and uncertainty and why certain people don't…

— John Hodgman

Only individuals can desire and act. The existence of an institution such as government becomes meaningful only through influencing the actions of…

— Murray Rothbard

The golden rule has no place in a political campaign.

— John James Ingalls

[B]ipartisanship means tarring and feathering politicans from both major parties.

— Glenn Reynolds

It's political Daddyism and it's as old as demagogues and despotism.

— Barry Goldwater

I definitely envision myself in politics at some point.

— Roy Nelson

There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few.

— Lawrence Lessig

“A man might share his wealth, but never his authority.”

— Amit Kalantri

My reason for joining politics is not to make money, as I have enough of my own, but to help the poor.

— Kumar Sanu

Both the Left and the Right need to connect as people rather than as political entities.

— Charlie Sykes

“Violence is the power of the state; imagination and non-violence the power of civil society.”

— Rebecca Solnit

There are over 100 entities in the federal government that have something to do with homeland security.

— Andrew Card

A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The most terrifying words in the English langauge are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

— Ronald Reagan

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

— Aristotle

“Clarification is not to clarify things. It is to put one’s self in the clear (Sir Humphrey Appleby)”

— Jonathan Lynn & Anthony Jay

The first object of human association [is] the full improvement of their condition.

— Thomas Jefferson

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

— Napoleon Bonaparte