Political Quotes

The public life of every political figure is a continual struggle to rescue an element of choice from the pressure of circumstance.

I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.

In the middle '50s, I had written that the point would come, inevitably, at which the relationship between the cause of conflict and political objectives would be lost.

I am half-surprised to find that as I go on I get more and more confirmed in the old advanced Liberal principles, economic, social, and political, with which I entered Parliament 30 years ago.

What is the value of any political freedom, but as a means to moral freedom?

Trade and commerce, if they were not made of Indian rubber, would never manage to bounce over the obstacles which legislators are continually putting in their way.

The merely political aspect of the land is never very cheering; men are degraded when considered as the members of a political organization.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

Increasingly fed by a moral and political hysteria, warlike values produce and endorse shared fears as the primary register of social relations.

Symptoms of ethical, political and economic impoverishment are all around us.

War provides jobs, profits, political payoffs, research funds, and forms of political and economic power that reach into every aspect of society.

The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.

It is probably safe to say that over a long period of time, political morality has been as high as business morality.

Americans are sick and tired of political gamesmanship.

The essential nature of a democracy compels it to insist that individual power of all kinds, political, economic, or intellectual, shall not be perversely and irresponsibly exercised.

... after you have once ridden behind a motorcycle escort, you are never the same again

Liberalism is a force truly of the spirit proceeding from the deep realization that economic freedom cannot be sacrificed if political freedom is to be preserved.

The greatness of America has grown out of a political and social system and a method of control of economic forces distinctly its own - our American system.

No, Blitz. That's oversimplifying it.

What is it we are hating? It goes beyond politics. I suppose that my fascination with [Margaret Thatcher] is not just with her political record but with her as a phenomenon.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

I feel like my political beliefs are rooted in the conservatism that I was raised with.

I mean you've got a conservative and right-winged press presence with really nothing on the other end of the political spectrum.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

ISIL videos, ISIL training videos are telling lone wolves the easiest way to cut by a combat assault weapon in America is at a gun show, because of the flip-flopping political approach of Washington.

I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion.

I'm very proud that I was a Goldwater Girl. And then my political beliefs changed over time.

I made policy decisions based on what I thought was right that keep Americans safe and to protect U.S. interests abroad. No wild political attacks by Donald Trump is going to change that.

Every political contest is hard, that's part of the DNA in America. We make it really tough to run for and hold the highest and hardest job in our country.

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done.

Americans tend not to distinguish between political rhetoric and real intentions, which can lead to great misunderstanding.

The thing about Iran is there are many political factions and it's not quite the dictatorial, authoritarian state with one person always making every single decision.

Germany must be a country which generates political ideas and leadership, which is capable of compromise, which is sovereign and yet knows that it needs its partners on both sides of the Atlantic.

There are nice political formulations that can apply to everyone and to nobody. I wouldn't know how I could be more reserved in my formulations than I already am.

The security challenge is related to the progress and advance we make in the political process.

And people in America are very practical people across the political spectrum. Very conservative women want their kids, their daughters taking birth control.

A phone tree isn't an ancient form of political organizing, but you have to call every person.

I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.

I can't think in terms of journalism without thinking in terms of political ends. Unless there's been a reaction, there's been no journalism. It's cause and effect.

I think almost every political leader is always told that the next speech they make is the most crucial one.

I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.

There's people out there with nuclear bombs and yet we've got all these politicians trying to make a political platform based on a record. Isn't it ridiculous?

Intellect alone is a dry and rattling thing.

The nice thing about political pundits is that, when they answer a question, one no longer understands what they were asked.

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

How stagnant and tepid the whole British political scene is now is just beyond belief.

I do not have any political commitments anymore. I'm politically a total agnostic; I'm one of the few writers in Italy who refuses to be identified with a specific political party.

In some countries we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.

Approaching any movie with a three in the title you know you are not going to get a political polemic. You are not going to get some sort of political statement or ultra-deep message.