Political Quotes
Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.
Those who depend on television as their primary information source are condemned to .... A form of political illiteracy.
The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings. Islam is not only a religion. Islam (is) also a political ideology that preaches violence and applies its agenda by force.
We are paying a heavy political price for 20 years in which, as a party, we have played down our criticism of capitalism and soft-peddled our advocacy of socialism
I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.
No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting.
The tea party venerates the Constitution while despising the political system it has produced.
Voting is actually an exercise in futility and only used to convey false credibility to a controlled political system totally divorced from the people
I think if I were living in a utopian world, then it wouldn't be political commentary; it would be about daffodils.
Being a part of a political party is something like being a partner in a marriage - work at it and stay loyal to it, and when you can't stomach it any longer, leave it.
I care not who controls a nation's political affairs, so long as I control her currency
Our forefathers made one mistake. What they should have fought for was representation without taxation.
The first task of the doctor is ... political: the struggle against disease must begin with a war against bad government." Man will be totally and definitively cured only if he is first liberated.
As a minister, you shouldn't imagine you know better than the technical experts in your ministry. In the end you're there to apply the political stamp of approval.
Self-regulation stands in relation to regulation the way self-importance stands in relation to importance.
There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.
An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment.
Nothing becomes reality in the political life of a nation that was not present in its literature as spirit.
The very word 'secrecy' is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths, and to secret proceedings.
We think we can't survive without deficit spending - but we soon won't be able to survive with deficit spending, either.
Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.
Our current political system ensures not that the worst will get on top - though they often do - but that the best will never even apply.
Charlie Hebdo: Satire was the father of true political freedom, born in the 18th century; the scourge of bigots and tyrants. Sing its praises.
The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.
The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
Women had first to convince the world that they had souls and then that they had minds and then it came on to this matter of political entity and the end is not yet.
You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.
The essential thing is the formation of the political will of the nation: that is the starting point for political action.
Perhaps the challenge is to invent the political structure that will give conscience a better chance against authority.
The American people understand that we need real change in this country, in my view, a political revolution, which says to the people on top, "You know what, you guys can't have it all."
If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.
When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
I would not like to be a political leader in Russia. They never know when they're being taped.
There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.
All political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to uphold them.
Do not waste your time on Social Questions. What is the matter with the poor is Poverty; what is the matter with the rich is Uselessness.
In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.
Middle-class societies don't emerge automatically as an economy matures, they have to be CREATED through political action.
Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law