Politics Quotes · Page 806

There is a strong need for constructing low income houses in the province, for which the Punjab government has planned a programme…

— Shehbaz Sharif

The difficulty with businessmen entering politics, after they've had a successful business career, is that they want to start at the top.

— Harry S. Truman

We discussed politics, but we also talked about the importance of hard work, personal responsibility, living within your means, keeping your word.…

— Bob Ehrlich

I know politicians - I know politicians, believe it or not, better than you [Ted Cruz] do. And it's not good.

— Donald Trump

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for…

— Edward Gibbon

The agrarian crisis [in India] is an unnecessary tragedy, resulting directly from an economics of greed and a politics driven by the…

— Vandana Shiva

Since I came here I have learned that Chester A. Arthur is one man and the President of the United States is…

— Chester A. Arthur

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the…

— Rob Walton

When you can't do any housecleaning because everything that goes on is a damned secret, then we're on our way to something…

— Harry S. Truman

We do not need to import any foreign economic ideas or any foreign government. We had better stick to the American brand…

— Calvin Coolidge

It is a mistake to think of these men as visionary dreamers, playing around at Philadelphia with abstract conceptions of political theory,…

— Fred Rodell

The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And…

— Thomas Jefferson

In the United States, the government is bailing out banks, intervening in the economy, yet in Latin America, the Right continues to…

— Hugo Chavez

“To crank up a noisy bad stance out in a place like San Francisco and start yelling about “getting things done in…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“In light of all this, imagine you are a congressperson. You hear many cries for help. These cries for help only come…

— Jason Brennan

“Communication is the continuation of business by other means. The business objective (or in the case of government or not-for-profit, the organizational…

— Helio Fred Garcia

A political event was that I met Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary. He is a young, intelligent guy, very sure of himself…

— Che Guevara

I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the…

— Suzanne Farrell

With all the imperfections of our present government, it is without comparison the best existing, or that ever did exist.

— Thomas Jefferson

And, by the way, how come all the people who were so in favor of unilateral nuclear disarmament are so opposed to…

— P. J. O'Rourke

I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what…

— Ted Cruz

The present government is very insistent that business sponsorship should replace government sponsorship of the arts. Business sponsorship won't happen unless you…

— Peter Maxwell Davies

“The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletariat to the level of stupidity attained by the bourgeoisie.”

— Gustave Flaubert

Language, journalism, food, sex. All is politics. Even innocent love stories are politics. ... There is no such thing as neutrality.

— Nawal El Saadawi

If we were to promise people nothing better than only revolution, they would scratch their heads and say: 'Is it not better…

— Nikita Khrushchev

Politicians refuse to modernize schools, they cut out midnight basketball, but build all these new jails. First class jails, second class schools.…

— Jesse Jackson

“...Russia itself having turned to socialist realism - no-man's-land between surrealism and communism,...”

— John Fowles

The freedom enjoyed in Western society under the rule of law and constitutional government explains both the quality of its civilization and…

— Paul Johnson

To love one's country, the governance should be good. But politicians are addicts of power. It is because they don't read that…

— Sreenivasan

Simon Wiesenthal told me that any political party in a democracy that uses the word 'freedom' in its name is either Nazi…

— Simon Wiesenthal

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for…

— George Washington

The Chinese government knows that what I am teaching is good and that I am teaching people to have high moral values.

— Li Hongzhi

I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I…

— Jeremy Irons

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

— Harry Browne

Politics and public life are not for the faint of heart. It has been and always will be a noisy and cantankerous…

— Charlie Baker

A well balanced, inclusive approach, according to certain standards and ideals, is essential for the proper governance of any country.

— Laisenia Qarase

As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more…

— Yochai Benkler

Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is…

— Pope Francis

I don't think the federal government or federal candidates should be making decisions on everything and opining on everything.

— Rick Santorum

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

— H. L. Mencken