Politics Quotes (4933 Quotes)

Over nearly half a century since the establishment of diplomatic ties, friendly relations between China and Morocco have developed smoothly on the basis of mutual respect, equality and reciprocity. There have been frequent high-level exchanges and mutual trust in the political arena has been strengthened increasingly.

Our seniors' retirement should never rely on the bull of political promises or the bear of the market.

I think that the far right has gone too far, time after time after time on social issues and has tried to dominate the debate in this country, ... I would be very emphatic in saying that religion should not be a part of politics.

I have no problem with the CMC looking at any politician or any bureaucrat, and they can make that determination.

The women's centers, in particular, should help improve the well-being of Somali women along the coast, and should serve as a catalyst for women to assume greater responsibility in their social, political and economic lives.

The people who aren't going to vote aren't going to vote if you give them two months. But if you have any kind of political organization, this is a political gold mine. If you are a well-organized township or Chicago ward, you can get a good chunk of your vote way before the election.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

The presentations will focus on the role Nazi medical practices played in the development of medical ethics and the lessons today's physicians have learned from the period leading up to the Holocaust. The series is jointly funded by the AMA Institute for Ethics, the AMA Foundation, the Museum's Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies and host institutions. The series will visit medical schools and selected universities across the country over the next year. Many of the most important issues in medical ethics today - from genetic testing and stem cell research to the humane treatment of prisoners of war - are directly affected by the experiences of medicine leading up to and during the Holocaust, ... Physicians need to explore these issues without getting caught up in political agendas or the results can be something we never intended and cause great harm.

Papua New Guinea's legal system does exist outside of political control and the courts have a track record of ruling against illegal logging.

We are exploring the question of whether full-fledged negotiations can start, ... In such a phase, it's a political mistake to pose ultimatums.

In today's world, we wield a lot of political, economic and financial clout, enough to make up for our weaknesses in military terms,

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and Aristotle. I believe it came to a no less definite end in the theories of Karl Marx.

These are desperate days for the Bush campaign with the president's job approval in the danger zone. They are desperately using the politics of fear to try and distract from President Bush's failed record on the economy and Iraq.

While in Israel, members have the opportunity to meet with both Israeli and Palestinian officials, hear from speakers representing diverse views across the political spectrum and get a personal, first-hand view of issues of great importance to American policy in the Middle East.

A very intelligent lady said to me yesterday that she thought women were not for politics, and that there were but few things women could do.

He's in some ways a laid back guy. The challenge is you're on this big stage, so there's a lot of people that want to be inspired. They want to be motivated. Passion is a valuable asset in politics.

The Myth of Male Power dealt much more with the political issues, the legal issues, sexual harassment, date rape, women who kill, and those issues were very much more interfaced with the agendas of feminism.

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

I think it is important that we make the political decision-makers know the new arena has our support. We are trying to emphasize the importance of the hockey in this area. We know it will affect high school hockey.

Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture, ... When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.

The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.

Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out.

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

I came to the meeting ... considering it to have been sanctioned. Police there did not say it had not been sanctioned. Therefore, I think the charge is not just and I do not consider myself guilty. This is a political sentence. The leaders of political parties are being put behind bars.

Consider the Essay as a political pamphlet on the Revolution side, and the fact that it was the Whig gospel for a century, and you will see its working merit.

At that time they were thinking of themselves as barbarians, ... Suddenly the Brothers Grimm came along and said, 'No, our history is beautiful, our fairytales are beautiful.' They were influential people who rose to positions of real prominence in society. Jacob became a politician, they were famous collaborators they lived together with their families until they were old men working together, sharing, like, a little desk.

The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country.

The tree of political liberty is watered by the blood of patriots, not by the blood of scapegoats

These are serious concerns about the Republican approach, ... Americans deserve answers independent of politics. That's why Democrats and Republicans preferred an independent commission for investigating 911 and we should be following that model now.

Kennedy did not have to run the risk of having his ideas and his words shortened and adulterated by a correspondent. This was the television era, not only in campaigning, but in holding the presidency.

That conspiracy theory totally ignores the fact a lot of these commissioners are not political and some of them are Democrats, ... It's not how the process works and I would challenge anyone to offer proof this was a political process.

A lot of young poets today, from what I've heard and experienced, can't get their heads past George W. Bush, and I've heard so many poems about this democracy and this era of politics that I'm kind of bored by it.

He was one of the white Democrats who started out as one of the conventional segregationists and then made the transition to biracial politics.

We dropped out of most of the shroud community because of the politics and backbiting and refusal to work as a team.

Right now, we're seeing to some extent the political response to the demography. And even though the legislative proposals are seemingly technical and narrow, they touch these nerves about how we think of ourselves as a people.

You know, this was written a long time ago and it was based on history. All of Star Wars was reasonably political. It's just that most people didn't notice it until this episode was put into the puzzle.

better understanding of finding the truth in politics.

I always enjoyed politics. I worked at the White House recently, primarily for the First Lady. Because of my experience running my travel agency, I was in charge of the files she kept on the Travel Office.

To the casual observer, one of the most striking things about President Bush's State of the Union address was his wholesale adaptation of the Democratic Party's rhetoric regarding energy. Veterans on all sides of the energy debate in Washington cannot fail to detect a strong whiff of political cynicism in the air.

Historically, political contributions have not been treated as bribes. If political contributions are bribes, then you ask for help from that same politician, then you could run a paddy wagon up K Street and clear out the place, because that's the way business is done in this town, and that doesn't make a bribe.

There is no such condition as 'schizophrenia,' but the label is a social fact and the social fact a political event.

Religious faith is a powerful force for good, and it ought to result in people coming together and showing concern for each other. It should not be used as a way to justify a political position, or to be identified with a particular political party. The teachings of Jesus should cause us to be concerned about the sick and poor. That's the type of effect religion should have on public policy.

The world accepts that everyone makes mistakes and he's got a big future as a politician, member of this community and as a father. We wish him well and we want to encourage him to move beyond this thing.

The issue of high tech is a big one with many components and we really want to get it into the open and onto the agenda. These politicians do seem to grasp that there is an issue here, at least related to the people side, because I tend to split it into two the people side and the industry side.

We felt that this was a targeted killing of the kind that we have spoken out and condemned in the past, and we did so yesterday, both at the White House and in the State Department, ... Inside Politics.

Politics is like boxing - you try to knock out your opponents.

The victory has greatly raised the political vigilance of the nation, saved and protected a large number of the cheated, punished the evil and maintained the social stability of the country.

You know the cliche that politics is Hollywood for ugly people, ... Political conventions are sort of showmanship for people whose idea of great entertainment is the Gridiron. If you think the Gridiron is equal to Radio City Music Hall in its heyday, then you'll probably find the conventions somewhat entertaining.