Politics Quotes · Page 328

The adjective 'decent' and the noun 'government' have seldom come together in the human history!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Members of the Supreme Court have lifetime tenures because they're not supposed to do politics.

— Ben Sasse

“If you can’t afford a movie, go to the zoo. If you can’t afford the zoo, go see a politician.”

— Anonymous

The border is a marketplace. The invisible hand of the powerful governs the crossings.

— Amitava Kumar

You're extending hospitality, and hospitality is a big part of how politics works.

— Kurt Meyer

The greatest good we can do our country is to heal its party divisions and make them one people.

— Thomas Jefferson

Anybody may support me when I am right. What I want is someone that will support me when I am wrong.

— John A. Macdonald

I'm too blunt and straightforward for politics, but I'm friends with all.

— Nana Patekar

“Politicians cover their mistakes with money; cooks cover their mistakes with mayonnaise; doctors cover theirs with dirt.”

— Joe Haldeman

If the Government put people before markets, it would build more council housing - a form of public investment in housing that…

— Dawn Foster

Justice is never anything in itself, but in the dealings of men with one another in any place whatever and at any…

— Epicurus

Every provisional political set-up following a revolution requires a dictatorship, and an energetic dictatorship at that.

— Karl Marx

The school system has become a part of this huge government machine, governed by people who aren't close to the situation. That's…

— Stacey Dash

Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.

— George Orwell

“In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people…

— Aysha Taryam

Most people I know I think agree and even many theists agree with this. We don't want government involved.

— Michael Newdow

Our most dangerous tendency is to expect too much of government, and at the same time do for it too little. We…

— Warren G. Harding

“The question of transforming the public into the common thus raises at least three issues initially. The first is an abstract but…

— Michael Hardt

We believe in liberty, we believe in limited government, we believe in free enterprise, we believe in family values and the sanctity…

— Kurt Bills

Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance, whether they be…

— John McCain

There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality…

— Hillary Clinton

“I know I can be accused of sacrilege in writing about political economy in the style of a novel about love or…

— Eduardo Galeano

If you love a woman, you can dominate her. That's why lovers go on playing politics with each other, dominating, possessing; the…

— Rajneesh

Once the war began, the government could do anything 'necessary' to win it; so it was with the 'final solution of the…

— Milton Mayer

Human life is fragile, and the threat posed to individuals in politics cannot be overlooked.

— Dawn Foster

All communication on today's networks are being monitored by government agencies and private companies.

— Peter Sunde

I feel that the majority of people should decide for themselves what kind of government they want.

— Anonymous

[Washington] is the political capital. It's essentially a big office.

— Dylan Moran

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom.

— Bill O'Reilly

Polarisation on religious lines for political gains shall not be on the BJP's agenda.

— Amit Shah

I didn't go into politics out of concern for the Palestinians but out of concern for Israel.

— Tzipi Livni

In a free government the demand for moral qualities should be made superior to that of talents.

— Andrew Jackson

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

— David Cunliffe

Whether we like it or not, government intervention in the face of surplus is here to stay.

— Benjamin Graham

If we become an accomplice to criminal activities by the American government, then we are liable too.

— Clive Stafford Smith

Politicians have always coveted the liberties we hold.

— Walter E. Williams

…science-based popular education can have an enormous impact on politics.

— Carl Phillips

Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.

— Bruce Sterling

Resisting overreaching by the federal government is appropriate and, yes, even patriotic.

— Russ Feingold

We need a revolution every 20 years just to keep government honest.

— Thomas Jefferson