Political Quotes

Sarah Palin has decided not to run for President and go straight to the quitting part.

The government competes in the private sector the way an alligator competes with a duck.

Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

Any political party that includes the word 'democratic' in its name, isn't.

The only quality needed for an MP is the ability to write a good letter.

We can trust our doctors to be professional, to minister equally to their patients without regard to their political or religious beliefs. But we can no longer trust our professors to do the same.

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country.

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power.

All art is political in the sense that it serves someone's politics.

The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation.

I apprehend... that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse.

I'm a far cry from politically correct, because I don't really care what the political views are. I don't care what the people say. I'll say my opinion. That will always make you controversial.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

There's not the least thing can be said or done, but people will talk and find fault.

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem.

Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations are a potent force to fight for social justice.

When change threatens to rule, then the rules are changed.

It is absolutely true that I have served in two Democratic administrations. You can tell something from me and my political views from that.

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.

The time has come to educate people, to cease all quarrels in the name of religion, culture, countries, different political or economic systems. Fighting is useless. Suicide.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Discipline our youth in early life in sound maxims of moral, political, and religious duties.

[In politics] no good deed goes unpunished

I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.

I love being able to be political without any political affiliation.

At the heart of every major political upheaval lies a fiscal revolution.

If you maintain a consistent political position long enough, you'll eventually be accused of treason.

If we didn't have the Albanian entrepreneurial spirit and financial support from the diaspora, this stupid political class would have destroyed the country by now.

In our personal ambitions we are individualists. But in our seeking for economic and political progress as a nation, we all go up or else all go down as one people.

To open avenues to political place and power for all classes of women would cause these humble labors of the family and school to be still more undervalued and shunned.

As regards the Liberal doctrines, the attitude of Fascism is one of absolute opposition both in the political and in the economical field.

The philosopher is in love with truth, that is, not with the changing world of sensation, which is the object of opinion, but with the unchanging reality which is the object of knowledge.

Of all political sacred-cows, education is the most sacred and the most cow-like.

Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.

You don't have to be old in America to say of a world you lived in: 'that world is gone.'

If the voters really understood what we were up to they'd vote us out of office.

All language is political.

Liberalism, austere in political trifles, has learned ever more artfully to unite a constant protest against the government with a constant submission to it.

Liberals are very broadminded: they are always willing to give careful consideration to both sides of the same side

I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept.

Scratch a pessimist and you will often find a defender of privilege.

Jesus was the first socialist, the first to seek a better life for mankind.

There is a weapon we can fight with. That is the weapon of political action.

Disappointment over nationalistic authoritarian regimes may have contributed to the fact that today religion offers a new and subjectively more convincing language for old political orientations.

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.

It is conceivable that at some point a truly united and powerful European Union could become a global political rival to the United States.

Globalization and free trade do spur economic growth, and they lead to lower prices on many goods.

Globalization could be the answer to many of the world's seemingly intractable problems. But this requires strong democratic foundations based on a political will to ensure equity and justice.

It is now, more than ever, necessary that political leaders be outstanding for honesty, integrity and commitment to the common good.

When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person.