Politics Quotes · Page 382

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand

— George Washington

I get bored with our political correctness; I find it irritating, dreary and lacking in imagination.

— Tara Fitzgerald

Not all politicians are bonkers, but most of them are.

— William Hague

This issue is whether or not our government should be infusing religion into (schools).

— Michael Newdow

Our politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.

— Sting

'I dont make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts!' Will Rogers

— Andrew Guzaldo

“Most of the people goes mad over politics which benefits just few people”

— D.Sandeep

“political correctness jeopardizes more than it should the human capacity to speak the truth,”

— Karl Barth

I wasn't interested in politics. My attitude about it was, I can't make a difference no matter what I do. And the…

— Chris Jordan

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

— Ai Weiwei

Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our…

— Douglas Adams

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the…

— Naomi Alderman

For me, coming from the women's movement, politics is not just about parties and parliament. There is politics in our private space…

— Elif Safak

A time-tested political tactic guaranteed to raise a president's popularity rating by at least 30 points. It is especially useful during election…

— Chaz Bufe

What the United States wanted in Guatemala - and in Iran, where the C.I.A. also deposed a government in the early 1950s…

— Stephen Kinzer

In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.

— Eduardo Galeano

What [Barack Obama] and I did was to say clearly what we're doing, all the bluster, all of the sanctions, that are…

— Hillary Clinton

“The lesson I have to teach is this: Leave all creative energies uninhibited. Merely organize society to act in harmony with this…

— Leonard E. Read

I saw how the Government was run there [in Africa] and I saw where black people were running the banks. I saw,…

— Fannie Lou Hamer

If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it…

— George Washington

For most people, political activity is a secondary activity - that is to say, they have something else to do beside attending…

— Michael Joseph Oakeshott

A dialogue sounds like a great idea, but we don't think the government actually wants one. The royal family lied in 2011…

— Zainab al-Khawaja

“if we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not…

— Helen Prejean

I think the government lost control over fiscal policy in UPA-2. But it is possible to suggest that the momentum of the…

— Sanjaya Baru

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

— Anonymous

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community.

— Kjell Magne Bondevik

The best and brightest don't go into politics. The best and brightest are at Goldman Sachs.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Endangering human life for profit should be a universal crime.”

— Suzy Kassem

Candidly, I believe most corporations actually don't mind big government.

— Rick Santorum

If you divorce capital from labor, capital is hoarded, and labor starves.

— Daniel Webster

Ultimately, political order does not generate itself.

— Roger Scruton

When you look at our world, the truth is that we're all under the influence of politics.

— Roland Joffe

A politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously.

— Robert Kane Pappas

We encourage whistleblowers to come forward in instances where the government is a victim.

— Dana Boente

Rule number one: Never make anyone uncomfortable in your home-even morons.

— Mary Matalin

Local politics is just as important as national - and often easier to influence.

— Celeste Ng

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

— Margaret Thatcher

You have a part-time job and that's better to no job at all

— Dan Quayle

The government can supply no substitute for enterprise.

— Calvin Coolidge