Political Quotes

If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.

It is only the poor who are forbidden to beg.

My favourite author is Leon Trotsky - the political philosophy and the way he writes is beautiful, and really relevant, too.

If you know only one language, you're a prisoner, stuck in the tyranny of that one language.

The executions, persecution and imprisonment of political dissidents and the LGBT community, denial of free press, elections and religious freedoms, continue to be Fidel Castro's legacy.

I'd love to be the political voice of my generation, but that's not my gift.

Two of my favorite political philosophers, Mao Zedong and Mother Teresa, not often coupled with each other, but the two people that I turn to most.

There is always some basic principle that will ultimately get the Republican party together. If my observations are worth anything, that basic principle is the cohesive power of public plunder.

You should avoid making yourself too clear even in your explanations.

In the end, no amount of American forces can solve the political differences that lie at the heart of somebody else's civil war.

Using terrorism or jihadists or extremists for any political agenda is immoral.

That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.

I guess I just don't have the killer instinct that I think makes a great political cartoonist.

But it's a stigmatized problem, and it's a silent problem. This has to end. Suicide is not just a personal tragedy, it's a key issue of public policy and facing up to it requires political will.

Sometimes in the middle of a presidential campaign, there's a political movie, and people are sick of hearing about politics, and they don't want to see that movie. They'd rather see "Godzilla."

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

Keep up appearances whatever you do.

I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.

If I cannot trust someone's judgment, I cannot ask others to do so, and I would not place him at the head of my political operation.

To be a person who sees a political ad on television and takes the statements in it as fact, how can you exist in this world? How is it you're not robbed daily by charlatans who knock at your door?

I think it was interesting to be steeped in that [political] world.

Real affection comes from the face. Those political leaders, when they meet, they are always hugging, but not very genuine. Deep, sincerity comes from face and eye.

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

I'm not a political thinker, but I've just always thought of myself as a Labour supporter. I was a great fan of Tony Blair. He sent me a letter before I swam the Channel to wish me luck.

You try to - you want to fly on both sides of the political fence because that's where the - where the comedy is.

Public control of the political process requires public financing. The restoration of our American Democracy depends upon public financing.

We need steel spines, not weak knees when it comes to political independence in the Department of Justice.

Take whatever position you want, but do take a position, because once you do, ample money awaits you on either side.

I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out.

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

I don't wear my political feelings on my sleeve. However, if I'm asked, I will answer honestly.

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such, is a great trust.

Nothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears.

But the desire of obtaining the advantages, and of escaping the burdens, of political society, is a perpetual and inexhaustible source of discord.

Is Stephen Harper using the imagined fear of widespread security threats to score political points before the next election?

A political place with no power, only influence, is not to my taste.

This deal is a sugar-coated satan sandwich. If you lift the bun, you will not like what you see.

As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?

Like the effect of advertising upon the customer, the methods of political propaganda tend to increase the feeling of insignificance of the individual voter.

It is difficult to attack me directly on religion because I never speak of it. Formally I am a strict observer of decorum and in public affairs it is my principle to uphold religion.

No successful political transition can take place without leaders and movements that demand and press for freedom.

I try not to get political, I don't want to get religious, I don't want to get controversial, I just want to have a show that relates to everybody.

Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

Government is the political representative of a natural equilibrium, of custom, of inertia; it is by no means a representative of reason.

I haven't had a chance to talk, but I'm confident we'll get a bill that I can live with if we don't.

I confirmed to the prime minister that we appreciate our friendship.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

As has been said, standards are always out of date - that is why we call them standards.

If you remove the fear of criminal punishment for the nation's political and financial elites - as we have done - what possible constraint on their behavior does anyone think will remain?