Political Quotes
The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.
No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins.
It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All the evidence is against it.
When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default it can never be recovered.
We in the West must bear in mind that the poor countries are poor primarily because we have exploited them through political or economic colonialism.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.
I know that the right kind of political leader for the Labour Party is a desiccated calculating machine.
A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?
The trouble in modern democracy is that men do not approach to leadership until they have lost the desire to lead anyone.
In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness.
Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.
The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth.
Television could perform a great service in mass education, but there's no indication its sponsors have anything like this on their minds.
The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country.
You can't trust politicians. It doesn't matter who makes a political speech. It's all lies - and it applies to any rock star who wants to make a political speech as well.
I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.
Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.
Sarah Palin has decided not to run for President and go straight to the quitting part.
It's not my intention to shock, to offend, sensationalise, be political or whatever; only to make work that is as spiritually meaningful as I can make it-whatever the medium.
All politics takes place on a slippery slope. The most important four words in politics are up to a point.
In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
The God of Exodus is the God of history and of political liberation more than he is the God of nature.
Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.
The world will not know liberty until all that is religious and political is transformed into something simple and human and made susceptible to criticism and denial.
As our country bled . . . its leader's wife came to this podium piously to call for a new human order, this when thousands of Filipinos were political prisoners.
It is an axiom, enforced by all the experience of the ages, that they who rule industrially will rule politically.
Once you don't vote your ideals ... that has serious undermining affects. It erodes the moral basis of our democracy.
No piecemeal solution is going to prevent the collapse of whole societies and ecosystems ... a radical re-thinking of our values, priorities and political systems is urgent.
It is the members of this business elite . . . that pose the greatest danger to our American way of life. They are the ones who've bought and paid for members of both political parties. . . .
Because of my political views, I've been targeted as a lightning rod, someone who's too far out there.
We must recognize that we can't solve our problems now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power.... a radical restructuring of the architecture of American society.
The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.
Revolution is indeed a violent process. But if it is to result only in a change of dictatorship, in a shifting of names and political personalities, then it is hardly worth while.
I do not respect the Dalai Lama. He's a political power broker. The Dalai Lama is not honorable to me.
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.
Everyone matures. When I was Newt's age, I thought I had the right answer to things. The baby-boomers as political leaders are still on trial by the American people.
The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it. The second duty is to eat breakfast. I ain't going.
Understanding is often a prelude to forgiveness, but they are not the same, and we often forgive what we cannot understand (seeing nothing else to do) and understand what we cannot pardon.
Two truths are all too often overshadowed in today's political discourse: Public service is a most honorable pursuit, and so is bipartisanship.