Political Quotes

The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.

Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement.

Because, in fact, women, feminists, do read my poetry, and they read it often with the power of their political interpretation. I don't care; that's what poetry is supposed to do.

I'm not preaching about things you should do, I'm not political or anything. I'm probably not the best role model.

The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood.

In a lifetime of observing and participating in political debate, I have seen a lot of meanness.

Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

There is hardly a political question in the United States which does not sooner or later turn into a judicial one.

The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary.

While three men hold together, the kingdoms are less by three.

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong. Nor can it pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.

Freedom of expression is no longer a political nicety, but a precondition for economic competitiveness.

WAR, n. A by-product of the arts of peace. The most menacing political condition is a period of international amity.

You cannot adopt politics as a profession and remain honest.

Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs.

It is impossible, maybe undesirable, to take partisanship out of the political process.

[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in his presence.

I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history.

Political advertising ought to be stopped. It's the only really dishonest kind of advertising that's left. It's totally dishonest.

In the history of the nation, there has never been a political party so ridiculous as today's Democrats. It's as if all the brain-damaged people in America got together and formed a voting bloc.

I think one of the political problems we have in this country is the perspective that all soccer moms think alike, all African-Americans think alike.

When I was growing up in the south Indian city of Madras, there were only two political parties that mattered; one was run by a former matinee idol, and the other was run by his former screenwriter.

A body of 500 men chosen at random from amongst the unemployed.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue.

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.

To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces crime and faction.

The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a greater degree than any other, and at the highest good.

He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions.

In a way, the political cartoon drawings are things that are small and have humor and a childhood aesthetic and are often stronger to spread an opinion.

The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people.

Our elections are free-it's in the results where eventually we pay.

So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.

Don't vote, it only encourages them.

When I was 20, political music was the uncoolest thing on earth. But when Bush got elected, that was the first time I started actually reading the news.

I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.

We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, we have to stop being nice.

Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.

One colossal advantage of being in extra innings is that you can tell it like it is, say what you think, and largely eschew political caution.

Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.

If I am a great man, then all great men are frauds.

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.

We want peace and a political solution to the situation in Chechnya.

All music has political dimensions because it suggests a way of being.

Art criticism everywhere is now at a low ebb, intellectually corrupt, swamped in meaningless jargon, distorted by political correctitudes, anxiously addressed only to other critics and their ilk.

I just want to be a nice girl from the Midwest - I don't want to have to act like a heavy to be taken seriously, and I resent that I have to be so pushy and political sometimes just to do my job.

I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.

The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

Fate being unfavorable( or without god's grace, even an easy task becomes difficult to accomplish)