Politics Quotes (4933 Quotes)

Wall Street people are noted for making early investments, whether for companies or for politicians.

What you have in Swann is a celebrity, like Arnold Schwarzenegger had out in California, who doesn't come across as a typical politician. That's helping him quite a bit. People want to like him and he comes across as very likeable.

I don't fear detention in Latvia or extradition to Russia at all. The Latvian authorities' position on this issue is very consistent. Latvia strictly observes the 1951 Geneva Convention on Political Refugees and I have no reason to fear anything,

A possible tie-up between EADS and Thales...would be a decision for the management of the respective companies, not one which would be steered by politicians.

We are naive and moralistic women. We are human beings who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.

This is a positive step, we welcome it. This agreement will encourage more people to participate in the political process not only this weekend but in the future.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.

It just doesn't mesh. He grossly overestimated his political capital. Hubris, whatever, I can't explain it. He didn't have a lot of political capital. That was wrong.

It's clearly a political move. I think the creation of fear was intended in the midst of the (protest) movement of immigrants. These raids were meant to try to diffuse that activity.

Seriously, I do not think I am fit for the Presidency.

I hope the secretary of state does the right thing. This is too late in the game for lawyers, too late in the game for partisan politics. The voters have spoken, and the votes ought to be counted.

The 1960 debates are the turning point from retail politics -- glad handing and meeting everyone face-to-face -- to the politics of mass media.

It should restate and clarify the social dilemma and the political pickle. Once in a while it does, and you get a quick glimpse of its potential.

Emotions are running high. People are tired. If we focused more of our attention on decisions that have already been made, rather than on those before us, there's potential for making far greater mistakes. ... We really don't have time to play the political game right now.

Good politics are often inextricably intertwined.

I've been an entertainer all of my life. I've never wanted to be a politician. I was elected, and ran only to help the people who have no one else to stand up for them. I am here to help the people.

The president, during the run-up to the war, went out of his way not to make it political.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

But Democrats clearly face hurdles that make it harder to translate national discontent into big changes in the House. The map is not skewed for competitive races, ... On the other hand, you have voters who are sick and tired of the direction that the country is going. Which will outweigh If anyone tells you a year out, they've never been in politics.

He has to have some peace of mind this year that he throw a couple interceptions, have a bad play or two, and still know he'll be in the game. He won't have to deal with all the political pressures he dealt with the last few years in Buffalo. We had a little civil war going on up there.

Our country will not stand for any political plan that includes amnesty for insurgents.

I didn't stay out of politics. I served on committees but after awhile...I guess it was just time for me to come back.

Deliver me from your cold, phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

He wants someone who can assume the responsibilities of the presidency, if called upon. He wants someone who will be a trusted partner, who will work with him closely. He is looking for someone who will share his philosophy, someone who will fight for the people against the powerful, against big oil, against the prescription drug companies, against the anti-choice forces in this country.

political, environmental and economic issue of our time.

The privacy risk is that these codes may be later used for other law enforcement efforts outside counterfeiting, or to identify people who try to participate in political debates anonymously.

From a political standpoint, any aggressive initiative against crime helps the mayor. If he doesn't do anything, I think that would be more likely to invite opposition.

For too long, our movement has been a predominantly -- frankly, almost exclusively -- white, evangelical, Republican movement, with a political center of gravity centered in the safety of the suburbs,

It's unrealistic to expect him to gain back too much more ground given the deep polarization in this country about the Bush presidency.

Well, a lot of politics is communicating with people, and obviously comedy has something to do with that. I've been a producer and led people. Also, being a comedian, you're under pressure.

Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments.

The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.

My message to Mr. Milosevic and to his government will be very clear, ... This is not something you can solve by a policing solution. You have to have a political solution.

Sooner I'd try to change history than turn political, than try convincing others to write letters or to vote or to march or to do something they didn't already feel like doing.

I can't see the political storms aligning to allow that, ... I wish them well, but the view from the man on the street is, 'Why rebuild something if it's just going to flood again Why not let it return to nature'

We seem to be in a political season when there will be a variety of criticisms raised, ... The president has been very clear about his objectives as we deal with the provocative behavior of Saddam Hussein.

I am a prosecutor, I have a specific mandate from the Security Council, I am not involved in politics and my task is to bring Milosevic to trial in The Hague.

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting the role of compulsory constituent.

It's intimidating to play the nominee for president. The little kid inside you says, 'I'm not enough.' I would guess that happens to politicians, too. They go, 'C'mon, who am I kidding I'm just this guy or this woman,'

Condoleezza Rice insists that all she wants be is the best secretary of state she can be, and can't imagine running for president. Perhaps. But a lot of other people have no trouble imagining it. Four years is an eternity in politics, and the secretary of state has a lot of heavy lifting ahead.

Leading politicians, including Prime Minister Hashimoto, realize the central government has not been treating Okinawa well for a long time,

When I handed over the names and compromised so many CIA agents in the Soviet Union, I had come to the conclusion that the loss of these sources to the U.S. would not compromise significant national defense, political, diplomatic interests.

Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity.

I don't know what that means Be their mom Be responsible for their career success Share my life secrets with them I advise women to build a mosaic of experts and guides that will cover each of the areas where you need specific information and advice. Someone who's good at office politics, someone who's a good time manager, and so on.

We were asking for support, meaning we wanted their vote. Apparently in the world of politics in Austin, the spell support 'm-o-n-e-y.' If we had asked for money, we would have written 'We appreciate a contribution,' and would have included a return address envelope.

Readers did not always agree with his Cook's views but admire him for standing up for his principles - which they find a rare quality among politicians.

Health-care decisions should be made by women, with their doctors and families -- not politicians. Lawmakers should stop playing politics with women's health and lives.

None of my clients - not Eichmann, not Stangl, not Mengele, and not even Hitler or Stalin - was born a criminal. Somebody had to teach them to hate maybe the society, maybe the politics, maybe just a Jewish prostitute.

Not just in jazz, I think in politics too. Men have gotten to the point where we're not doing a good job anymore. It remains to be seen whether we really did a good job in the past.