Politics Quotes · Page 318

Washington D.C. politics is like Hollywood for ugly people.

— Ted Cruz

“If God be denied, then His sovereignty and infallibility accrue to other agencies.”

— R.J. Rushdoony

The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The only politician in America I know with a man-date is Jim McGreevey.

— James Carville

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

— William E Simon

Mission creep is not unique to Congress. It is endemic to all arms of the federal government.

— Bruce Fein

“Leave me, and go to another, but never stand alone”

— Oliwier Ernest Brzezinski

Politics, to a degree, is about legislation, administration. You can't be there in the trenches.

— Diane Paulus

I really didn't come from a political family. I didn't come from, like, a political world. It wasn't tribal for me.

— Wes Moore

When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.

— Dan Graham

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the US. government is virtually up for sale.

— John W Gardner

“I wonder are we the people really that high on these political agenda’s these day’s? Or are we merely pawns in the…

— Nynke Visser

The dreadful decision in Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission was the culmination of the Republican appointees' careful work to open American…

— Sheldon Whitehouse

History shows that any attempt by government to interfere in the consumption of salt is always extremely unpopular.

— Mark Kurlansky

Therefore, I feel convinced that any political picture can be changed to suit the needs of the powers that be.

— Thor Heyerdahl

“How can a reformation of the whole people be brought about if it is common knowledge that the Church itself is bent…

— Karl Barth

My mistakes made were learning how to work with different groups of people. I mean, I went to school at Berkeley, which…

— Leroy Chiao

Wealth plays out in the political sphere in all kinds of ways, often personally. Can Hillary Clinton represent the interests of working…

— Anand Giridharadas

I think my whole life had centered on Democratic politics. I was very much in that bubble. I worked in the Clinton…

— Kirsten Powers

I don't think it's in any way harmful, this marriage of media and politicians. I think it enhances the communications process considerably…

— Walter Cronkite

My view on politics is much more grassroots oriented; it's not old boy network oriented, so I tend to, you know, come…

— Michael Steele

Internet exchanges and internet service providers - international fiber optic landing points - these are the key tools that governments go after…

— Edward Snowden

“the government’s drug laws were at best proven ineffectual every day and at worst were misguidedly focused on supply rather than demand,…

— Piper Kerman

“Its gresham's law in operation is all walks of life and not just money: bad money drives out good money from circulation;…

— APORVAKALA

Transparency is our hallmark, and government is acting on the roadmap of economic revolution.

— Shehbaz Sharif

Theory-free science makes about as much sense as value-free politics.

— Stephen Jay Gould

In politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

In politics, sometimes the best measure of success is the reaction of your enemies.

— Jerry Falwell, Jr

“Communist governments account for 110 million of these deaths. Source: Rummel 1994.”

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

— Chelsea Clinton

I have no desire to vote for French politicians, and I'm not entitled to vote in Switzerland.

— Jean-Luc Godard

Using governmental force to impose a vision on others is intellectual sloth.

— Ken Schoolland

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.

— Varun Grover

In Congress the majority governs, but the minority rules.

— Evan Esar

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

— H. L. Mencken

…nothing is so unhealthy or unstable as the reputation for power that is not based on one's own power.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

I don't want to pass a punitive law, or use politics as a vendetta.

— Romano Prodi

“Finch was his own country, the government unstable, the population volatile.”

— Kealan Patrick Burke

Every sphere of activity has a set of rules. Politics is no different.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.

— Andy Rooney