Politics Quotes · Page 314

It's not about division. It's not about politics. My concern is how do we come together?

— LeVar Burton

American politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways.

— Bryce Dessner

Colorado needs a governor who brings people together to create jobs and cut government spending.

— John Hickenlooper

Our attachment to no nation on earth should supplant our attachment to liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

— Socrates

I hope the Icelandic government grants me political asylum.

— Bobby Fischer

Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois.

— Dick Durbin

It often takes time for the Israeli government to get things done.

— Naftali Bennett

The security intended to the general liberty consists in the frequent election and in the rotation of the members of Congress.

— James Madison

“Hardly anybody tells the truth these days. For the truth I have to go to Washington DC, and whatever a politician says,…

— Jarod Kintz

[The government involvement in the economy] is so overwhelming and beyond anything we have ever seen, that we risk moving this country…

— Tom J. Donohue

America is - and will always be - a success story. We have African Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, and members of other…

— Markwayne Mullin

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.

— Anonymous

People feel overwhelmed by the news cycle, and by this nagging feeling that the kind of vitriol out of Washington is just…

— Elissa Slotkin

Any Government, like any family, can for a year spend a little more than it earns. But you and I know that…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Friendship is more than talent. It is more than government. It is almost the equal of family. Never forget that. If you…

— Mario Puzo

The U.S. government doesn't build your computers, nor do you fly aboard a U.S. government owned and operated airline. Private industry routinely…

— Peter Diamandis

The degree to which the people of America are being dumbed down on purpose every day is striking. And all for the…

— Rush Limbaugh

“To him, one of the most fascinating historical aspects of governments was their complete disregard for governing. Governments were single-minded and interested…

— Hank Quense

Cats are ideal for politicians. I had two when I arrived at Westminster, Sooty and Sweep, who had come with a flat…

— Ann Widdecombe

I think the way we look upon gender is that we're realizing that we're not that different, which is a good thing.…

— Joel Kinnaman

That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd…

— Ian MacKaye

Any single man must judge for himself whether circumstances warrant obedience or resistance to the commands of the civil magistrate; we are…

— John Locke

Governments should look at investment in broadband as a national priority on the grounds that having broadband access for virtually everyone creates…

— Vint Cerf

“Jokes are many things. 'Funny' is only one of them.”

— Melinda Chapman

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

— James Madison

I'm not going to allow myself to be pushed politically.

— Andrew Cuomo

“Politics is not just about power and domination, but about truth.”

— Alam Storkey

“Protestors can have a big impact but, in the end, it’s governments that reshape the world.”

— Anonymous

The VCR is to the American film producer, as the Boston Strangler is to the woman home alone.

— Jack Valenti

I consider women who are authors, lawyers and politicians are monsters

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

We shall have world government whether you like it or not, by conquest or consent.

— James Warburg

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

— Anonymous

“An evil man without vices was the most dangerous of all.”

— Anand Neelakantan

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.

— Anonymous

“I believe Government should encourage competition, NOT prop up the weak when the going gets tough.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.

— Elena Kagan

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

— Teresa Heinz

There are times when every act, no matter how private and unconscious, becomes political

— Renata Adler