Politics Quotes · Page 817

When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help.

— Dalai Lama

Our government is asking people to continue fighting wars for us but we don't always treat them as well as we do…

— Conor Lamb

You can't punish the middle classes for going to drama school - you need to punish the education system and the associative…

— Jonathan Pryce

Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent.

— Louis D. Brandeis

There is no indispensable man. The government will not collapse and go to pieces if any one of the gentlemen who are…

— Woodrow Wilson

Security has to be, and has long been, our government's top priority. It is imperative that we continue to diligently watch for…

— Brad Schneider

Politics should not be the least heart-filled thing we do, it should be the most heart-filled thing we do.

— Marianne Williamson

This group of experts [in cybersecurity] will set up protocols for each agency and government officials, requiring them to follow best and…

— Donald Trump

Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to…

— Roger Ebert

If you are a reporter trying to find out what the hell's going on in government now, you have a devilish time.…

— Ted Gup

Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision,…

— Salman Khurshid

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline…

— George Washington

Thou camest out of thy mother's belly without government, thou hast liv'd hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy…

— Miguel de Cervantes

When I became older and started to become more in tune with my political leanings, there was a disconnect between the feminist…

— Zoe Buckman

“From a historical point of view, restricting the availability of addictive substances must be seen as a peculiarly perverse example of Calvinist…

— Terence McKenna

You'll find a lot of rural municipalities, very, very big district municipalities that actually have no tax base whereas our system of…

— Thabo Mbeki

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father…

— William Bennett

There's no permanent, fixed class consciousness. You can't work out immediately what people think and what politics they have simply by looking…

— Stuart Hall

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that…

— Carl Paladino

“The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be so much more…

— Douglas Coupland

You see as mayors and local officials our jobs are designed so we have more in common with our constituents than Washington…

— Eric Garcetti

Once a bishop is appointed, in terms of governance, we are semi-autonomous. It's not like we are branch managers of a bank…

— Blase J. Cupich

Inside North Korea, we have many informants and spies watching everyone; they're paid by the government. Even a husband and wife can't…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other…

— Winston Churchill

“Move away from Machiavellian hearts. Manipulative people can frame you up even if you have a humble, simple and generous heart. Question…

— Angelica Hopes

Adding an overarching tier of tyrants - the EU - to European governments has benefited Europeans as a second hangman enhances the…

— Ilana Mercer

We believe that government in Britain is there to protect people from terrorism and from the worst criminality, but never at the…

— Charles Kennedy

That is not a just government where arbitrary restrictions, exemptions, and monopolies deny to part of its citizens that free use of…

— James Madison

All of our children should be able to aspire to any office in the land,including head of state.Hereditary power is outdated.

— David Crabb

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher.

— Anonymous

A campaign forms the basis for the public's expectations of how the candidate will govern once in office.

— Neera Tanden

Politics is not what it pretends to be, the expression of a collective will. Politics breathes well only where this will is…

— Michel Foucault

Music is the only industry where you don't need to know what you're doing to get ahead. Well, that and politics.

— Gene Simmons

“Politics is about power and patronage, and ministerial positions are won not just on the basis of competence but also in recognition…

— Sanjaya Baru

The minute health care becomes a huge, unwieldy, expensive government bureaucracy it's a permanent feature of life and there's nothing anyone can…

— Mark Steyn

“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” — Plato”

— Sienna Wilder

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

— Alan Greenspan

I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do…

— Ice Cube

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to…

— Ronald Reagan