Politics Quotes (4933 Quotes)

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

I have no intention of letting Sharon play the political scene as if it were his private hunting ground. With all the respect I have for him, this era is over.

Where they started having difficulty, and helping to direct and bring anger toward the United States, was taking the position that this was exploitation by politicians. While it's true at some level, it comes across as if it's missing the force of it for the vast majority of Muslims.

The job of a judge on any court is to serve the public and to do that in an impartial and fair manner without bringing to the court or the job any political agenda.

I speak strongly in my outrage that some on my side of the aisle, my leaders in particular, have sought to make this a political issue,

Son, in politics you've got to learn that overnight chicken shit can turn to chicken salad.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.

Whatever he does should be seen as working at the Presidency and if he goes to Colorado for Christmas, it should be for a minimum amount of time, the family tradition and family get-together aspect emphasized, and it be seen as a working vacation.

After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquillity of a political convention.

What is happening in the country for such political, moral and cultural blindness to take hold Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship that is what is at play in these elections.

Democracy is fine in politics. It should stay there, and we need more of it. But its political virture is no reason to practice it in the garden.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

There is a real danger here that this can become a political issue, that this young boy will be a political football. And I think the president has made it very clear to everyone that they ought to stay away from politics here and stick to what the facts and the law dictate.

The Make Poverty History coalition came together for a special year of opportunity. The political decisions made would not have been made without their passionate commitment. If governments follow through on their promises, millions of lives that would have been lost could now be saved.

There must be a political solution in Chechnya ... We will go on expressing concern about the developments in Chechnya,

It is extremism when corporations corrupt our government, buy and rent our politicians, block our access to the courts, dominate our executive branch agencies, appropriate middle class tax dollars in the form of corporate welfare, subsidies, handouts, bailouts. That's extremism. It's not extremism to have a Green political party movement that wants to put an end to this.

Politics and the fate of mankind are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness. Men who have greatness within them don't go in for politics.

I am disheartened that the Republicans and my opponent Joe Davis were not interested in working in a bipartisan manner to root out this example of political corruption, ... We can ill afford a supervisor who ignores the seeds of corruption, does not stand up for the unsuspecting citizens whose rights were violated, declines to make the difficult choices and once again opts for the path of least resistance.

And one thing a politician knows, running for office, you will never get in trouble as long as you sound like you're the toughest person on the block about crime.

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

Each of us think that we've got something that we bring to the table that no one else brings. And I don't know any way of solving it other than the marketplace of politics. That's the great value of places like Ames.

There is no shortage of candidates for elimination. There is only the shortage of political will to make the difficult decisions.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.

Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth.

Still I was concerned that politics would get between us and our POWs.

The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor and to seek some form of political organization which was capable of protecting their property and promoting its interest.

My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.

Overshadowing all has been the president's reckless, tawdry behavior, coupled with misleading statements that have undermined the dignity of the presidency, and brought about a divisive and unpleasant chapter in our history,

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

Political risk is there in varying degrees in every transaction. But in this case one can ask 'Would this have happened if Dubai Ports World had not been an Arab company'.

Mr. Bush's government knows perfectly well the strong action by our country, the cooperation it offers and the impressive volume of drugs seized, ... But none of that counts because what matters to the U. S. government is the political disqualification of Venezuela for the purpose of future aggressions.

I'm not a politician, and I think today, that was definitely political games.

We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.

We pray that God touch the heart of the governor. Give her mercy, and help her look beyond politics. ... God we pray the leadership of our state will either lead, get out of the way, or follow.

We shouldn't underestimate the White House's ability to win a political campaign, so to the extent that success in November is his objective, this is his announcement speech, and an important one.

Some say let's not give them too much power. But we need power to do the things we believe in and change Israeli politics. In coalition talks, we don't want to have to compromise on what we believe in.

Just by waiting for the Republicans to self-destruct, the Democrats could lose their chance at rebuilding a majority. Politics works in strange ways.

I adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.

America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.

We will continue to urge major political candidates to appear on our television stations. In return, we pledge to continue to provide the most thoughtful, in-depth, intelligent, responsible and responsive electronic news coverage of the political process in our markets.

The president calls on the leaders of both parties to start putting the safety of the American people above politics.

Sustainable development is a key issue for the UK's Presidency, and at our meeting we will be talking about climate change and about how to make agriculture more sustainable.

These kids grew up 30 miles south of the (University of California) Berkeley campus, which was ripe with revolution, ... And they couldn't have cared less about the politics going on. They were in the garage tinkering with their electronics and starting a revolution that was a thousand times greater than anything that was going on on the college campuses, politically.

The governor looks forward to outlining his vision for South Carolina for this year tomorrow night. We'll leave the politics to the politicians.

This is a recipe for continuing the conflict, and this is a message of an unwillingness to resume the political process.

The absence of such a charismatic figure who controls single-handedly the political apparatus will be very significant to the political map. Right now you have a weakened government. The weaker you are, the more insecure you are, and the more hard-line you are. And, of course, during elections you have heightened rhetoric, so we do not expect anything to be benign at this point.

He was dramatically and desperately sincere in his renunciation of any political or social critique. Images of death, disaster and violence make news and mesmerize people, and that is what Warhol was interested in.

Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.