Political Quotes

This is eventually how Syria will be resolved - through a political settlement.

There has to be a reason and objective (to air strikes). What does it do to move the effort down the road for a political conversation?

The fastest growing political party is no party.

We're in a political depression - a great political depression

[Muhammad] Ali had [Jo] Frazier , that man had the joker, Coke had Pepsi and [Donald] Trump had [Barack] Obama, or 16 primary opponents or the entire political establishment.

At least on the domestic side of things that you're seeing, [Mike] Pence has that influence big time. But when it comes with what political fights to have?

The political system loves the extremes, it doesnt so much show a lot love for the moderates.

Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is controversy always surrounding this issue.

We've investigated the gun lobby and its political donations and how it spread the Stand Your Ground laws from Florida.

Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.

Dealing with Hollywood and commercial entertainment, you always have to worry that the political message is going to be skewed or obscured.

While I respect my cousin Annette Sykes commitment in engaging in the political process, I do not endorse or support any political party.

Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.

If you read any of the biographies on J. Edgar Hoover, you find that they contradict each other more than they agree. Often times, they're often told from a political perspective.

I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.

All nations that are civilized and do not accept this kind of action as representing any sort of legitimate political cause are coming together to fight these terrorists.

[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems.

I think one of the biggest political failures, and the biggest social failures, over the past few years has been the failure of empathy; not being able to look at the other person down the street.

Political analysts are saying that as a candidate, Donald Trump is 'a totally unqualified nuisance.' In other words, he is a legitimate contender for the Republican nomination.

Herman Cain has moved ahead of Mitt Romney. Can you believe that? Political analysts say this is because Americans don't understand Mormonism but they do understand pizza.

The latest political rumor, North Korea ruler Kim Jong Il is close to naming his successor. Yeah, he said the only person with glasses big enough to replace me is Nicole Richie.

The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States.

I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world.

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

TV is a different animal these days. You can bring together really smart writing and directing, in-depth character development and really meaty political and emotional stories.

Nothing is so common as to see a political upheaval pass practically unnoticed merely because the names of the leaders and their parties remain the same.

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people.

I rely on Taegan Goddard's Political Wire for straight, fair political news, he gets right to the point. It's an eagerly anticipated part of my news reading.

I think President Bush is a moron! I think that the only reason he was voted into office is because his family is a very founded political family and they have a lot of power in the world.

Why is the press America's showcase for freedom? Because just about everything else has been regulated.

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever.

Religion is a set of social and political institutions and spirituality is a private pursuit which may or may not take place in a church setting.

Politics are about power; we cannot evade that truth or its consequences. We dream of a better world but it is in Utopia - that is, nowhere.

A writer is first and foremost a witness of her time. She must tell the truth, not take a political position. But then the truth that she discovers is profoundly political.

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

I just don't think we think about jurists as rock stars or great thinkers, particularly in the political world.

But when it comes to democratic political parties, I prefer that monks and nuns not join them - in order to ensure proper democratic practice.

Every country now has its own domestic political debate about how to respond to climate change. This is where the action is.

My climb to political success was no elevator ride, and it has not always been pretty, but I persevered as one of a handful of women in the male-dominated world of politics.

I happen to be a Republican President... ah... the Vice President.

I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring. But I did very well.

The two-party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen.

There's definitely a tension between the way teaching is talked about and understood at the political level and how everyday average Americans think about teachers.

Politicians generally do the right thing only when all other options are exhausted.

I contend that no book figured more prominently than the Bible in the political thought of these patriots we call the founders.

The republican model described in the Hebrew Scriptures reassured pious Americans that republicanism was a political system favored by God.

A representative form of government rests nor more on political contributions than on those laws which regulate the descent and transmission of property.

I was involved with the anti-apartheid movement through my work as an artist and also through my political commitment.

I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.

In movies that tackle these political issues, there are far more interesting themes to be explored than partisan politics, which is what we get on cable news every second of every day.