Politics Quotes · Page 325

The viewpoint of the government is that the people must have full access to all information worldwide.

— Hassan Rouhani

The population has to be educated about how the government actually works.

— Aaron McGruder

I come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks.

— Pauline Hanson

A divided government doesn't have to be a death blow to foreign policy.

— Morgan Ortagus

I'm a guy with a strong political opinion but I'm not a white nationalist.

— Glenn Beck

I think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.

— Alec Baldwin

The newly passive George Bush has become something of an embarrassment.

— Tony Snow

The elections are the greatest symbol of participation and political reform,

— Mohammad Khatami

Freedom of the person under the protection of habeas corpus. I deem one of the essential principles of our government.

— Thomas Jefferson

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

— Mark McKinnon

The Padma Shri came as a very pleasant surprise. I am deeply honoured. I don't know what I did to deserve it,…

— Sridevi

Politics is not a profession, it is a service. I want to keep working more for the Nation not because of the…

— Narendra Modi

I have worked as a party secretary in Kerala. I had been assigned the responsibility of party secretary while I was a…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and…

— P. J. O'Rourke

Any so-called stimulus program is a ruse. The government can increase its spending only by reducing private spending equivalently.

— Richard Wagner

I have no doubt that the government of this great nation will work with its people to lead New Orleans and the…

— Harry Connick, Jr

A wingnut is someone on the far-right wing or far-left wing of the political spectrum - the professional partisans, the unhinged activists…

— John Avlon

The spread of democracy, the new foundation of the rule of law, and the creation of fledgling representative governments that honor and…

— John Cornyn

“A man's natural rights are his own, against the whole world; and any infringement of them is equally a crime; whether committed…

— Lysander Spooner

Of our political revolution of '76, we all are justly proud. It has given us a degree of political freedom, far exceeding…

— Abraham Lincoln

“Fourth, Tobias is a POLITICIAN?!?!?!? Four, the dauntless legend is a politician. Lame. Lastly, that's it? Tris dies, Tobias doesn't get a…

— Amazon Reviewer

The United States being a limited form of government, one of the restrictions to which it is subject is in regard to…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

Throughout my 20s and early 30s, I had jobs that I loved. I worked in city government. I ran a youth organization.…

— Michelle Obama

Western companies (and governments) have deeply integrated themselves with an authoritarian regime without thinking through the consequences, and when push comes to…

— Zeynep Tufekci

Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

— Hugo Black

“Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.”

— Winston S. Churchill

Biophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit.

— John Derbyshire

Mitt Romney is a nice guy. But, we know where nice guys finish in politics.

— Mark McKinnon

In the end, the responsibility of government abuse lies with the president.

— Mercedes Schlapp

“can you tell when a politician is lying? When he moves his lips!”

— Paul Ekman

Here in England the welfare of the State depends on the conduct of our aristocracy.

— Anthony Trollope

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow.

— Abba Eban

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.

— Indira Gandhi

Shutdown politics are nothing more than petty brinkmanship and serve only to take us backward.

— Colin Allred

Politics has become the great spectator sport of the United States.

— James Carville

No matter how deeply you distrust the government's judgment, you are too trusting.

— George Will

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out

— G. M. Trevelyan

Wars are expensive and dangerous. They're not political winners.

— Grover Norquist

Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!

— Tom Peters

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

— George Soros