Politics Quotes · Page 524

While these attitudes are more visible when directed at government, there is ample evidence that many working people distrust their own union…

— Robert Teeter

American history and the history of baseball are bound up together: our racial politics can be described and traced through it.

— Chad Harbach

We have made a full frontal attack on corruption. The question is whether we can address the question of governance in developing…

— James Wolfensohn

I think we're probably more unified than ever before because we're in a battle for survival. Not only for survival as the…

— Bill Scott

It is true that SpaceX is partially a government contractor, but it would be unfair to say that SpaceX is entirely a…

— Elon Musk

Government is the greatest combination for forces known to human society. It can command more men and raise more money than any…

— David Dudley Field II

I've never conspired to overthrow the government; all I did was report on the Arab Spring and suggest that something similar might…

— Eskinder Nega

The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the…

— James Madison

“A brick could be used to make the world safer for our children. Well, not our children, as I don't actually have…

— Jarod Kintz

I do think that women could make politics irrelevant; by a kind of spontaneous cooperative action the like of which we have…

— Germaine Greer

Just as judges have enormous stake in the appointment of judicial officers in the higher judiciary, the government has an equal stake.…

— Kapil Sibal

Thomas Jefferson once said, "Women shouldn't wrinkle their pretty little foreheads with politics." Now does that mean he was a sexist, or…

— Russell Freedman

“The vague yet menacing government agency would like to remind you that UFOs are totally not a thing. They remind you that…

— Joseph Fink

What made Obama unique was that he was the ultimate charismatic politician -- the most unknown stranger ever to achieve the presidency…

— Charles Krauthammer

But we must not forget the effort undertaken by the ruling elite in Russia to manipulate Western politicians, businessmen as well as…

— Garry Kasparov

There is at the global level a very small number of actors who can meaningfully weigh in on global institutional design, who…

— Thomas Pogge

So, it seems, everything is in place. For the first time since homo sapiens began to doodle on cave walls, there is…

— Gideon Rachman

The insane have achieved political respectability while the sane act too good for it all. The irrational celebrate while the rational act…

— Maureen Dowd

If politicians in a state block education choice, it means those politicians do not support equal opportunity for all kids.

— Betsy DeVos

This is what many people in the movie industry don't get: when you express hostility to conservatives, many Americans feel that you're…

— Michael Medved

The reality is that our Founders always predicted that one day there would be a president like Trump, and that's why they…

— Steve Schmidt

Gluten intolerance and celiac disease are direct results of American agriculture policy and, specifically, the government's wading into the food arena.

— Joel Salatin

[Question: Do you feel that scientists correct themselves as often as they should?] More often than politicians, but not as often as…

— Stephen Hawking

TV news dominates politics and is extremely low-bandwidth: it contains a few hundred words and rarely uses graphics properly.

— Dominic Cummings

Every American knows there are government expenses that are absolutely not necessary. I disagree with the very idea that our government is…

— Jeff Miller

Unless it's a California recall election, most voters don't cast ballots saying 'yes' or 'no' to a single politician. They have to…

— Harry Enten

There's symbolism in politics. There's communication in politics. And I think what Donald Trump is saying is, give me the job, and…

— Anthony Scaramucci

We must dedicate ourselves to the fundamental principles of liberty and justice that animate our laws and our governance.

— Cori Bush

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

— Robert Duncan

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I…

— Saffron Burrows

I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.

— Jim DeMint

“Liberals say do not judge yet they favor big government with Judges deciding what is right or wrong for everyone. They only…

— Tina Armstrong

Tyranny is the political corollary of socialism, as representative government is the political corollary of the market economy.

— Ludwig von Mises

“Only victors have stories to tell, we the vanquished were then thought of as cowards and weaklings whose memories and fears should…

— Guy Sajer

“A real politician, and these were real politicians, never betrays his country to an outsider. He betrays it to himself. He is…

— Guy Endore

I'm a longtime believer in the old adage that sunlight is the best disinfectant, particularly in politics.

— Mike Quigley

I am much more optimistic about consumer-driven change than I am governmental change. Anything can happen in government, but I do think…

— Robert Kenner

I don't want people instructing me what to do with my body; I don't want the government to tell me what I…

— Tyne Daly

The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein…

— Anonymous

The Bill of Rights is a remarkable document because it weaves into the fabric of our democracy the idea that government has…

— Ted Lieu