Politics Quotes

But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.

Grinding the faces of the poor seems to be the policy of the Greens.

The conflict between art and politics... cannot and must not be solved.

I think the politics have gotten better in the United States, which makes it easier to pass legislation, budgets and treaties.

A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg,.. is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.

In American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.'

Politics has always been a mud fight - better that citizens jump in the trough than lose interest.

My dad and I get into it all the time. He loves to discuss politics much more than I do and we have pretty heated conversations.

Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.

From Day One the very existence of [Camp Bravo] has been a popcorn hull in the tender gums of the hard left.

Ah, if only the best place for storing embryonic stem cells was Yucca Flat.

Do I think reality TV is going to be a path to politics in a significant way? Eh, I don't know. Trump is a very specific case. It's really gonna be hard to replicate that.

All you need to know about Arafat was that he insisted on wearing a pistol when he addressed the UN General Assembly. And all you need to know about the UN, I suppose, is that they let him.

Focus on the competition to diminish the time dedicated to internal politics.

If the Irish programme did not insist on the Irish language I suppose I could call myself a nationalist. As it is, I am content torecognize myself an exile: and, prophetically, a repudiated one.

When politics is elevated over business, economic disaster follows.

It's an article of faith in Tinseltown: when liberals get mired in scandal, it's because they are tragically flawed; when conservatives get in trouble, it's because they are evil.

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

Whatever I may believe in theology, I do not believe in the doctrine of vicarious atonement in politics.

This administration is going to be cussed and discussed for years to come.

I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.

It sure is hell to be president.

Wars come and go; politics endure.

I have very intense conversations with friends, people I really interconnect with. We talk about politics, important things. I like to talk about ideas and get people to be specific.

Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool.

I am the Olympic Ambassador. I always promote Olympics. I just want to say, Olympics is Olympics. [You] cannot mix with politics. Olympics for me is love, peace, [being] united.

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.

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

We must urgently begin to rebuild the bonds of trust and respect among Americans. Restoring trust in our politics, our press, our markets.

I have many, many old friends, and I always think that it's important, when you get into politics, to have friends you had before you were in politics and to understand what's on their minds.

I feel at some point that the farm state politics will overwhelm the Florida politics.

I'm sure I could fall in love with a Democrat as easily as a Republican. Some things transcend politics.

I'm going to be pitching Andy Cohen on a new show for Bravo. We can call it 'Project Pantsuit.'

It's so much more fun to watch FOX when it's someone else being blitzed & sacked!

When it comes to foreign policy, it is important to remember that politics stops at the water's edge.

We shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.

Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up.

In the world of energy politics, the sudden vanishing of the word 'coal' is a remarkable and unprecedented event.

I will fight against the division politics of revenge and retribution. If you put me to work for you, I will work to lift people up, not put them down.

When women participate in politics, the effects ripple out across society... Women are the world's most underused resource.

Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

I have a million ideas. The country can't afford them all.

We regret mistakes were made.

Well, politics is war, and in war, truth is the first casualty.

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.

I got into writing and thinking about politics because I was told there would be no math.

Protest against Industrial Capitalism from one aspect or another is universal: so was the protest against the condition of European religion at the beginning of the sixteenth century.

The larger unit can borrow more easily in proportion than the smaller. It can especially tap bank credit more easily and bank credit is, to-day, the chief factor in economic activity of all kinds.

We know the Chinese have revealed millions of background information on millions of people in the United States, and these, I suppose, ultimately are part of international big-power politics.

I could throw 56-pound words clear across the Grand Canyon. As a matter of course, I went into politics.