Political Quotes
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.
The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Thoughtful people of different political philosophies can disagree, but in a very agreeable manner.
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.
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
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.
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.
...move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change.
If Occupy Wall Street can see their way to more collaboration with the union movement, then there will be a great deal of political action possible.
If there is anything that is important to America, it is that you are not a prisoner of the past.
Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.
Once serious political dialogue has begun, the international community can assume that we have achieved genuine progress along the road to real democratisation.
A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.
Personally I have my own political views and being straight-edge I'm happy to talk about that, but the music that always meant the most to me, was more emotional.
Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.
Art has political consequences, which is to say, it reorganizes society and creates constituencies of people around it.
Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.
Now is the time when men work quietly in the fields and women weep softly in the kitchen; the legislature is in session and no man's property is safe.
In the mind of Bill Clinton, political considerations outweigh even life-and-death matters of great concern to his own law-enforcement officials, not to mention the nation.
Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.
I won't say that the papers misquote me, but I sometimes wonder where Christianity would be today if some of those reporters had been Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.
Trees are right at the heart of all the necessary debates: ecological, social, economic, political, moral, religious.
George Bush says, 'Gore's book needs a lot of explaining.' Of course, Bush says that about every book.
You're not a human till you're in my phone book. There. My hat is now in the political ring.
I think (the internet) is contributing to Chinese political engagement..access to the outside world is preventing more censorship.
I understand what a normal political speech is. You get up there, tell a few jokes, you have the flags behind you, and you speak for 10 or 15 minutes in broad generalities.
The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.
Hip-hop music has done a very good job of maintaining the political context, where they stand and not giving a sh-t what people think.
Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.