Politics Quotes (4933 Quotes)

Because of their decade of defeat, Democrats have now dropped to the least common denominator the politics of personal destruction,

Politics is not an exact science ... but an art.

I never played politics, I was never a party girl, and I never slept with any of the producers.

Democrats are already making political hay out of the loophole Only in Washington D.C. controlled by politicians could a politician have direct control over assets in a blind trust, ... Maybe we should call it a nearsighted trust.

After carefully reviewing the transcript of the speech Monday night, I have come to the unfortunate conclusion that the honorable step for the president is to resign to protect America and the presidency, ... The national interest should be placed above his personal interest.

Don't wait an instant more, ... There are no moral, legal, political or procedural arguments that should get in the way. It is more immoral to hold compatriots who represent the institution of government -- rotting from years spent in the forest.

Whatever our politics, whatever our religion, George Best has helped us find our common humanity.

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.

At his core, George Ryan is quintessential Illinois politics power-oriented, jobs-winning, control kind of politics. There is an excess here, but this is not a bad person corrupting a good system. He is clearly a product of what is a very broad political culture here.

Atlanta will need to overcome the hurdles of internal bureaucracy and the tendency for committees to create mediocre campaigns. It's not an issue that is distinct to Atlanta. It's an issue distinct to politics.

It's basic politics. Mr. Jennings did not deliver the services to the community that the community deserves, ... The community was aware of it, the community deserves its fair share and it wanted someone who could respond to their needs.

The comedy shows have gotten into political satire, and it's been an increasingly important way that some segments of the world get their news. For that reason, the political satire shows look hard for material that comes from the news. Sometimes they don't have to look very hard, like today.

Whatever he's going to do, he isn't going to tell us anytime soon. He's a very astute politician, and I'm sure he's aware of the problems he has to win the Republican nomination. It's in his interest to keep his options open.

I honestly do not know who convinced America's blue collar workers that the federal government was set up to protect them, but I suspect it was P.T. Barnum or some preacher turned politician.

The challenge is whether politicians are willing to accept that there is no message control on the Internet. ... You have to manage conversations, rather than control messages.

I've decided that the political context is such that the only way reform will finally come about in the Russian military is that the deterioration goes beyond the point to which these old generals can stand up there and resist it.

Politics, discussions, here and there. We are a Mediterranean country. So, we like very much to do that.

Our opponents have organized the likes of a political campaign against us. It would be nonsense for us not to respond in a similar fashion.

I have sacrificed everything in my life that I consider precious to advance the political career of my husband.

I read all these stories that I don't know anything about politics. But I must know something. I've had some good victories in Congress, and I've survived this town for four years.

Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

If China does not respond to some of these environmental or human rights issues, then it's going to be very difficult for the Chinese government to maintain some form of political stability, given this hot pace of development.

There arose a belief in style - and in banality. Banality encompassed politics, too, because it was a common belief that politics were not worthy of art.

When party leaders approached me three weeks ago, I told them how difficult a campaign would be this year considering my personal and professional commitments, ... Besides, I never cared for candidates who had to be coaxed into a political battle. Either you feel it in your gut or you don't.

The theory of relativity worked out by Mr. Einstein, which is in the domain of natural science, I believe can also be applied to the political field. Both democracy and human rights are relative concepts - and not absolute and general.

I don't think anyone expects compliance will be to the letter and on time in every respect. Political realities will impinge from time to time.

The battle fronts are the Supreme Court, the presidency, the Senate, the House, all the state legislatures, ... That's where most people think these battles are being won. To me, they're forgetting where the battle should be won houses of worship. That's where indoctrination should take place, not in the halls of Congress.

If at the end of the day, this doesn't move forward, the criticism is pretty much on the Republican side. I just think they're playing politics, and people in towns all over the state are going to suffer.

politics of Matthew 25 ... feeding the hungry and the sick, and the words of Emma Lazarus on the Statue of Liberty.

Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant.

The governor has decided that any time the primary purpose of a trip is political, costs associated with it should not be paid by the taxpayer.

Congress the Presidency in the Television Age.

We are free, but not to be evil, not to be indifferent to human suffering, not to profit from the people, from the work created and sustained through their spirit of political association, while refusing to contribute to the political state that we profit from.

First, take the government of the Indians out of politics; second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites; third, give the Indian the ballot.

But the political calculation is different for the vice president. With a big Electoral College base in New York, California and the Northeast, Democrats don't have to have a solid South to win the White House, ... We just need to be able to make some places competitive. And it's quite clear we're doing that.

I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

Politics is too partisan, and sometimes patriotism is cast aside. Patriotism is honor and love of your country and your brothers and sisters. With politics I get the impression that it's all about what's good for the party and not necessarily what's good for the country.

The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

The government seems to have realized the people's share was a bad idea, which is good news. I'm glad they decided against using the privatization as a political platform.

...He might well have gone into politics, ... He felt he had the luxury of time.

About Hypatia Mueller In an era in which the domain of intellect and politics were almost exclusively male, Theon her father was an unusually liberated person who taught an unusually gifted daughter and encouraged her to achieve things that, as far as we know, no woman before her did or perhaps even dreamed of doing.

Political change doesn't happen overnight. It takes time.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.

Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist.

The struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma is a struggle for life and dignity. It is a struggle that encompasses our political, social and economic aspirations.

Each of you, for himself, by himself and on his own responsibility, must speak. And it is a solemn and weighty responsibility, and not lightly to be flung aside at the bullying of pulpit, press, government, or the empty catchphrases of politicians. Each must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, and which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your convictions is to be an unqualified and inexcusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let man label you as they may. If you alone of all the nation shall decide one way, and that way be the right way according to your convictions of the right, you have done your duty by yourself and by your country- hold up your head You have nothing to be ashamed of.

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.