Politics Quotes (4933 Quotes)

The pharmaceutical industry has done an enormous amount of lobbying of politicians in the states and the federal government. That's why it's such an amazing example in Nevada.

Syria will continue cooperation with the international investigation committee to fulfill its mission in order to uncover the truth and not to use the investigation as a political tool,

The Republicans chose to hold their convention here, I think most of us believe, to continue the political exploitation of 911, which this administration started almost immediately after 911,

I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter of politicians picking targets and ruling out offensive measures in the absurd hope that the enemy would respond to our restraint by yielding to our demands.

Whatever happens, both the campaign and the new government that will take over have to address the issue of federalism, have to address money, have to address national versus provincial versus local power which is different from provincialism and federalism. They have to address the role of religion in politics, the constitution forces the new government to do that. So what we're talking about is a period, which to put it mildly, is already troubled which will last through mid-December when the election occurs and then almost certainly is going to last another three months while a government takes over. And this is the reality whether people would like to spin this into a symbol of democracy or not.

The purpose of politics is to give people tools to make the most of their lives.

The market is very cheap with the weakness of the real and it still can't find the strength to rise, and that's because the political uncertainties ahead.

That the Iraqi Government is considering a political deal granting amnesty to insurgents who have attacked or killed American service members is not just shocking - the idea of amnesty for insurgents is an outrage.

Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations; use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.

You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.

It is a matter of political practicality. In the course of the next four years this decision will take place. It will inevitably be more public than such decisions in the past,

The Iraqi people who are involved in this process are relatively new to the political process. It will take them some time I suspect.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

But raising tuition has a negative impact on enrollment. It's a delicate business issue, in addition to the politics and student welfare.

In the United States, there are those on both sides of the political spectrum who would seek to close down the US market to China.

We decided that the environment was an integral part of our policies and the political thrust of our government. We gave it the priority and we sustained it with the money required to make it happen.

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

The hardship and suffering caused by unemployment penetrates every area of life. While politicians are tallying up the economic costs of unemployment, I wish they'd be more aware of the social and moral consequences which are unparalleled in many nat

All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics when you read it. Many of the so-called politically enlisted writers change their politics frequently . Perhaps it can be respected as a form of the pursuit of happiness.

We are going into this debate with the political claim to implement as much as possible of our manifesto and to ensure that Gerhard Schroeder remains the chancellor of Germany.

there are future political considerations.

It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes and yet she will be woman still.

It has now become the doctrine of a large clan of politicians that political honesty is unnecessary, slow, subversive of a man's interests, and incompatible with quick onward movement.

I don't know what to say other than we're flattered, ... When it comes to the political side, we're a zillion miles away (from the campaign). But we love customers. Boy, do we love customers.

This isn't about the city of Auburn. It's about a code enforcement officer out of control. In my view it's more important to protect this disabled veteran than to worry about politics.

Look at the declining television coverage. Look at the declining voting rate. Economics and economic news is what moves the country now, not politics.

He's conservative by temperament many of his policy positions, such as cutting taxes, are on the right side of the political spectrum. But he doesn't have a consistent set of conservative principles. That's what a lot of the complaint has been about, especially after the State of the Union.

OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it.

America's real plan is to fuel a civil war, while the national plan is for all Lebanese to live in peace with one another. There will be no return to civil war. All the political powers as well as the media must work to reduce religious tensions and make everyone understand that they will not allow Lebanon to be destroyed again.

He is presenting himself not as a terrorist, a bloodsucker, a man who would like to destroy the world -- he also has a political agenda, he is using this terrorism for political ends.

I'm seeking the presidency because foreign policy isn't a John Wayne movie, where we catch the bad guys, hoist a few cold ones and then everything fades to black,

In politics, familiarity doesn't breed contempt. It breeds votes.

We want a prime minister who can gather all the political blocs around him, so that the government would be one of national unity.

America is not just a democracy, it represents a certain culture of competitive mobility and personality aspirations, politics is not merely a clash of interests, but a clash of dreams.

If Sharon would have stayed, then a government headed by him making further disengagements in the next year or two was a good likelihood. As of now, that is off the political agenda. There is nobody around who can move the country quickly to make hurtful concessions if it's not him.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.

Being an ex-England manager, one that failed to qualify for the World Cup, is like being a dead politician.

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

I know South Dakota politics. The people of South Dakota stand for life, for protecting an unborn child.

I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.

A university is not a service station. Neither is it a political society, nor a meeting place for political societies. With all its limitations and failures, and they are invariably many, it is the best and most benign side of our society insofar as that society aims to cherish the human mind.

Politicians are like baby diapers. They need to be changed frequently and for the same reason.

Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature . . . no one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.

There's a lot of activity going, and I think you'll find this kind of activity right now because of the political aspect of this.

The same people who are feigning outrage about what happened in the debate should speak out against that type of political gamesmanship,

Not having bilingual ballots required by law would be a real threat to democracy. The political participation that we are seeing now, especially in San Francisco where the Asian American voting bloc is coming into its own, would be seriously threatened if this part of the act was removed.

There's a bit of hypocrisy in John Kerry's message, ... Judy Woodruff's Inside Politics.

I'm expecting an almost daily crisis, or a daily debate between the presidency, on one hand, and the Palestinian Cabinet on the other hand.

The one reason we believe it passed overwhelmingly is because it had something for everyone. It was a budget that basically bought the goodwill of every member of the House. Very politically savvy, but good politics doesn't necessarily make good policy.

You have to remember where all this dust is coming from, ... There is a political advantage to the opposition to have this happen.