Quotes About Political

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music.

In a political context of the utmost significance, ["freedom from fear"] recognizes a human right which, in a broad sense, may be said to sum up the whole philosophy of human rights.

the euro, it seems, is stuck in a political no man's land – trapped between two opposing world views. And the battleground is not economics, but ethics.

Writing was a political act and poetry was a cultural weapon.

I consider poetry very subordinate to moral and political science.

I'm of the opinion that poetry is always political, and cannot help but be so, regardless of the poet's intent, given that refusing to deal in politics is in itself a political act.

Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.

We have got to change the political culture in America. We need a political revolution. That means we are working on politics not just three weeks before an election but 365 days a year.

Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.

A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life.

Never lose your temper with the Press or the public is a major rule of political life.

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.

The fact that Hitler was a political genius unmasks the nature of politics in general as no other fact can.

The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.

The Church is larger than any one nation or any one political scene.

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

I think all movies are political. The ones that are not political intentionally are the worst, and have the worst politics, I think.

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.

I believe the spreading of Catholicism to be the most horrible means of political and social degradation left in the world.