American Political Quotes
34 American Political quotes by 30 unique authors
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I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.
— Hillary Clinton
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It isn't the American white man who is a racist, but it's the American political, economic and social atmosphere that automatically nourishes a racist psychology…
— Malcolm X
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It seems foolhardy to assume that the armed state will necessarily be benevolent. The American political tradition is, for good or ill, based in large…
— Unknown Author
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The American mass media have achieved what American political might could not: World domination.
— Akbar S. Ahmed
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Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a…
— William J. Clinton
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The American political system is like fast food - mushy, insipid, made out of disgusting parts of things and everybody wants some.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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We have now an American political party and a European one. Not all Americans who vote for the European party want to become Europeans. But…
— Harvey Mansfield
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The displacement of the idea that facts and evidence matter by the idea that everything boils down to subjective interests and perspectives is - second…
— Unknown Author
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If sexual intercourse, as the poets tell us, began in 1963, it was another decade and a half before the American political system began to…
— Michael Kinsley
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British diplomats, constantly exposed to American political-ethical rhetoric, find their professional skills tested to the limits by the need to keep a straight face. For…
— Conor Cruise O'Brien
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The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.
— Lane Kirkland
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The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph…
— Herbert Croly
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The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.
— John Silber
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The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.
— Michael Mandelbaum
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And I've been incredibly lucky to have a long career in journalism that has given me a front-row seat to some of the most important…
— Judy Woodruff
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The American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.
— Carl Bernstein
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The people reign over the American political world as God rules over the universe. It is the cause and the end of all things; everything…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.
— Thomas Frank
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Joe Klein is the flower of American political journalism, a sharp raconteur who shows traces of the gonzo style that was in vogue when he…
— Thomas Frank
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Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in…
— Jonah Goldberg
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It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility…
— Lyndon B. Johnson
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Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.
— John Podhoretz
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I have spent time discussing the American political system and current events in Taiwan with the junior diplomats, and they have repeatedly expressed their country's…
— Michael K. Simpson
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I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to…
— Peter Singer
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It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system.
— Bob Woodward
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