American Politics Quotes
86 American Politics quotes by 69 unique authors
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Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition…
— Ambrose Bierce
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It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.
— Robert Byrd
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The ability of the 1 percent to buy politicians and regulators is nothing new in American politics - just as inequality has been a permanent…
— Eric Alterman
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American politics is a struggle, not of men but of forces. The men become every year more and more creatures of force, massed about central…
— Henry Adams
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The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as considering himself a…
— Malcolm X
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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.
— James Carville
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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do…
— Bob Schieffer
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To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.
— Charles Krauthammer
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Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because…
— Van Jones
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I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.
— Phil Gramm
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The main problem in any democracy is that crowd-pleasers are generally brainless swine who can go out on a stage & whup their supporters into…
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority.
— Tony Blankley
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I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.
— Byron Dorgan
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Is there decency left in American politics?
— Byron Dorgan
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There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.
— John Gunther
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The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
— Ben Bradlee
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I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.
— Theodore White
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With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.
— Theodore White
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And if Sarah Palin whose Web site put and today scrubbed bull's-eyes targets on 20 Representatives, including Gabby Giffords, does not repudiate her own part…
— Keith Olbermann
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In his study of Atlanta over the last 60 years, Kevin Kruse convincingly describes the critical connections between race, Sun Belt suburbanization, the rise of…
— Dan Carter
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TRUST, n. In American politics, a large corporation composed in greater part of thrifty working men, widows of small means, orphans in the care of…
— Ambrose Bierce
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In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
— Thomas E. Mann
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I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.
— Danny Strong
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The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all…
— Susan Estrich
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Politically Incorrect was the name of the show Bill Maher hosted in the 1990s. It's also an apt description of the man himself. Now host…
— Fareed Zakaria
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