Politics Quotes · Page 347

“Elections; when the sheep get to decide which wolf will eat them - rjs”

— rassool jibraeel snyman

Among the most urgent political priorities of our age is the separation of economy and state.

— Llewellyn Rockwell

Of all the powers conferred upon government, that of taxation is most liable to abuse.

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The framers, in their wisdom, designed the [political] system so that power's pretty disbursed.

— Barack Obama

The problem of media/politics is multifold. Many things are out of whack.

— Robert Kane Pappas

There is nothing so bad that politics cannot make it worse.

— Thomas Sowell

The trilogy composed of politics, religion and sex is the most sensitive of all issues in any society.

— Nawal El Saadawi

The politics of surprise leads through the Gates of Astonishment into the Kingdom of Hope.

— Max Lerner

Now the British are coming. I think Cameron should ask the Chinese government not to make people 'disappear' or to jail them…

— Ai Weiwei

I admire identity politics for raising the fact that there are terrible and constant microaggressions against all minorities.

— David Baddiel

In 2008, Clinton and Obama were similar politicians. Obama was definitely advertised as the more progressive candidate, and that's part of why…

— Rebecca Traister

Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet.

— George William Norris

I have no political aspirations, although a lot of people believe that politics and acting go hand in hand.

— Rita Mero

I would say that just like corruption in politics; nepotism exists in Bollywood; there is no denying what is already there and…

— Prachi Desai

“Political cynicism, disengagement, democratic decadence — call it what you will — is too often an excuse for physical and intellectual laziness.”

— Matthew Flinders

Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people…

— Anonymous

The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the…

— Timothy Noah

“The left-right political dichotomy serves liberalism by not challenging it. Democracy sustains the status quo by offering the illusion of choice with…

— John Dunn

The average politician was crooked. That was my ambition, to be a crooked politician. I'd see them in these restaurants, and they'd…

— Jack Kirby

A government must govern, must prescribe and enforce laws within its sphere or cease to be a government. Moreover, the individual must…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Political rights do not originate in parliaments; they are, rather, forced upon parliaments from without. And even their enactment into law has…

— Rudolf Rocker

Although a government study found that men's health was much worse than women's health or the health of any minority group, headlines…

— Warren Farrell

There is likely to be a lag between the need for action and government ["an individual's" or "a team's"] recognition of the…

— Milton Friedman

In the end I worked out an anarchistic theory that all government is evil, that the punishment always does more harm than…

— George Orwell

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

Politics is only worthwhile if you are doing what you believe, regardless of the slings and arrows.

— David Blunkett

Amber London is a political rapper, a preaching rapper who speaks true facts and not just nonsense.

— SpaceGhostPurrp

Politics sometimes is not only unnecessary but also unnecessary complicated.

— Jonas Jonasson

Too often, we rely on other people - whether it be politicians or institutions - to effect change.

— Matthew Heineman

A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.

— Barry Goldwater

It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it is going.

— Abraham Lincoln

I'm not a leftist; I'm where the righteous ought to be.

— Moses Coady

You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.

— Charles Bukowski

Cuba seems to have the same effect on US administrations as the full moon has on werewolves.

— Wayne Smith

“What is horrible about politicians and cops is that they look as though they were made for the job.”

— Georges Perros

The people want government that works for them at every level.

— Anonymous

We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.

— Benjamin Franklin

the struggle for the right to become politicians in itself made women into politicians.

— Eleanor Rathbone

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline.

— Mark Kirk

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

— Theodore Roosevelt