Political Quotes
I am a Yugoslav nationalist, aiming for the unification of all Yugoslavs, and I do not care what form of state, but it must be free from Austria.
We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up.
No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.
Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts.
I never thought I'd live to see the day that an American administration would denounce the state of Israel for rebuilding Jerusalem.
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money.
The more is given the less the people will work for themselves, and the less they work the more their poverty will increase.
If Scott Walker sees 100,000 teachers & firefighters as his enemies, maybe it's time we take a closer look at his friends.
The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.
Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.
No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.
The penalty that good men pay for not being interested in politics is to be governed by men worse than themselves.
Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
Persuading the people to vote against their own best interests has been the awesome genius of the American political elite from the beginning.
All ideologies are idiotic, whether religious or political, for it is conceptual thinking, the conceptual word, which has so unfortunately divided man.
The problem is that the people with the most ridiculous ideas are always the people who are most certain of them.
When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.
...a political struggle that does not have women at the heart of it, above it, below it, and within it is no struggle at all.
We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics not just three weeks before an election but 365 days a year.
All men are naturally included to obscure the morally ambiguous element in their political cause by investing it with religious sanctity.
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn't always discuss for reasons of political expediency.
If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.
The beginning of political wisdom is the realization that despite everything you’ve always been taught, the government is not really on your side; indeed, it is out to get you.
The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.
I think the big lesson to the political class is stop listening so much to each other, and start listening to the people.
The method of production of the material things of life generally determines the social, political and spiritual currents of life.
I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one.
What I was utterly convinced of, and still am, is the idea that the only responsibility the free intellectual has is vis-a-vis himself. He is not responsible to either a political party or a ruler.
In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.
Poverty devastates families, communities and nations. It causes instability and political unrest and fuels conflict.
The constitutional freedom of religion is the most inalienable and sacred of all human rights
The young man who joins a political party is a traitor to his generation and to his race.
The invocation of social necessity should alert us. It contains the seeds for Marx's critique of political economy as well as for his dissection of capitalism.
Theater, art, literature, cinema, press, posters, and window displays must be cleansed of all manifestations of our rotting world and placed in the service of a moral, political, and cultural idea.
For those looking for security, be forewarned that there's nothing more insecure than a political promise.