Political Quotes

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

Political Science carries inseparably with it the study of piety, and that he who is not pious cannot be truly wise.

This Congress is out of control and in desperate need of adult supervision.

This generation, raised on "Eyewitness News," conditioned by the instant replay, and spared the illumination that comes from tedious historical study, tends to be even more ahistorical than most.

Men cannot be treated as units in operations of political arithmetic because they behave like the symbols for zero and the infinite , which dislocate all mathematical operations.

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter.

The greatest political storm flutters only a fringe of humanity. But an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children literally alter the destiny of nations.

The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

I think political science is bad at prediction. We don't gaze into a crystal ball. I do not believe that we predict things.

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Away with the cant of 'Measures not men!'-the idle supposition that it is the harness and not the horses that draw the chariot along.

Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the bounds of censorship.

There are some that only employ words for the purpose of disguising their thoughts.

I think it's probably much easier to do political comedy from a two-party point of view, in that the majority have some sense of what it means to be one or the other.

Nobody is forgotten, when it is convenient to remember him.

A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change.

American agents... are the only persons authorized to hold councils of a political nature.

I am not a political figure. The fact is I am a humanitarian figure and always will be.

I am not a political figure, nor do I want to be one; but I come with my heart.

Russia should be an effective and competitive state with a sustainable economy, developed social and political system flexible to changes domestically and globally.

If only political leaders would allow themselves to feel, as well as to think, the world might be a happier place.

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

This is the political culture of the United States, which one should accept as is. The United States is a great country and it deserves non-interference and no third-party comments.

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they arent still there, hes no longer a political leader.

We cannot be divided either by the languages we speak, by the faiths we profess or by the political views we choose.

... the good are not willing to rule either for the sake of money or of honor.

If everyone would paint, political re-education would be unnecessary.

The very phrase 'foreign affairs' makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

[T]he kingdom of God... is to be a political institution that shall hold sway over all the earth; to which all other governments will be subordinate and by which they will be dominated.

Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Benefit to the community precedes benefit to the individual.

[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.

The political form of a society wherein the proletariat is victorious in overthrowing the bourgeoisie will be a democratic republic.

No rising hope on the political scene who offered his services to Labour when I happened to be its leader can be dismissed as an opportunist.

We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in prison.

Political Correctness is inverted McCarthyism.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty, poor health, and political chaos.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

I try not to name too many labels - not because it's not cool, but because it starts getting political.

The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

In conclusion, the arms of others either fall from your back, or they weigh you down, or they bind you fast.

A Libertarian society of unfettered individualism spreads its benefits to virtually everyone - not just those who have the resources to seize political power.

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.