1930s Quote by James Bovard

Dependency is death to initiative, to risk-taking and opportunity. It's time to stop the spread of government dependency and fight it like the poison…

— Mitt Romney

Politics is too often regarded as a poor relation, inherently dependent and subsidiary; it is rarely praised as something with a life and character…

— Bernard Crick

Politics is too important to be left to politicians.

— Warren Rudman

Politicians are constantly stuck between what is politically expedient and politically beneficial and what is the responsible or right thing to do. It's a…

— Justin Trudeau

Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim…

— Nirmala Srivastava

“This is a relatively recent phenomenon, this notion that government inevitably leads to dependency. Look, there were periods of time in our history when…

— David Blum

I was particularly talking with respect to aid, because that to me is one area that can make people so dependent, and unfortunately, that…

— Wangari Maathai

Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.

— Joseph Stalin

To vote is like the payment of a debt, a duty never to be neglected, if its performance is possible.

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.

— Zac Goldsmith

“Everybody expects somebody else to solve our problems. Why should people leave politics entirely to politicians?”

— Zohreh Ghahremani

People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a…

— Bernard Arnault