Political Quotes

It's a deft trick to turn American exceptionalism into an exceptional political tactic.

Not to say that you should be constantly trying to change the world, but I think it's important to know that whatever we do has an implication and has an effect, and because of that it is political.

Political debate is more interested in manipulating the truth, than finding the truth.

Disloyalty is the secret weapon of the Tory Party.

I did it for political, moral reasons, thinking that I was making this great sacrifice, but it was absolutely necessary; I was not going to contribute to the violence in the world anymore.

Conservatism is not a political ideology, it is a severe form of brain damage for which there's hardly any cure.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

An acquired taste, this dense Jabberwocky-ish word salad is a political allegory about a populace that's been pharmaceutically duped into believing its wretched world is wonderful.

The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.

For violence or fraud can create no right.

Neoliberalism isn't an economic program - it's a political program designed to produce hopelessness and kill any future alternatives.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either - but right through every human heart...

Independence is a political concept, not a biological concept.

The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets.

Concentration of wealth yields concentration of political power. And concentration of political power gives rise to legislation that increases and accelerates the cycle.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

The greatest power is not money power, but political power.

Ever since I've had any political awareness, I've felt either alone or part of a tiny minority.

I learned that the political is above the legal, that's why when my advisors tell me, Evo, what you are doing is illegal, I say, if it is illegal, then do it legal, you have studied for that".

The saddest life is that of a political aspirant under democracy. His failure is ignominious and his success is disgraceful.

Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or indirectly.

A Republic, if you can keep it.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.

The low minded are fond of deception the nature of low-minded people never changes.

Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.

I had rather be right than be President.

The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.

We're quite lucky that we've got political freedoms. We should be using them.

Our great social and political advantage is opportunity.

Considersing the forebearance of a person, Do not harass him.

Oh how I wish he (Franklin Pierce) was out of political life! How much better it would be for him on every account!

In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated.

The people are angry. It's running out of control. And unfortunately, there are a group of police that have become nothing more than enforcers for the political and financial crime bosses.

It's crucial to understand that as a society, we can reorganize. We can reorganize socially, politically, and economically, and we can reorganize according to our values.

You must be an intellectual. A normal person would never believe a thing like that.

Writing is a political instrument.

Pageantry is a visionary art which has been used, from time immemorial, as a political instrument.

I know the Russian political elite has got used to the Ukraine suffering from an inferiority complex, but I want this to disappear from our relationship.

One does not have to be a Marxist to know there is something very wrong in this society.

A Socialist United States of Europe seems to me the only worth-while political objective today

Political correctness is a war on noticing.

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.

I stand for all people even if it causes me political heartburn - and I'm going to do that no matter what my future holds.

Everything popular is wrong.

The energy I was sensing in audiences was political energy, as much as anything else.

The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual.

As to my political faith- I have never voted. My father was a Democrat, my mother a Republican, and I am an Episcopalian.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

Anarchism as a political philosophy seeks to dissolve all forms of authority and power, and if possible, wishes their complete abolition.