Quotes About Politics

The Democratic Party does not want anybody to have a photo ID because that would have a very negative impact on cheating! If you require a photo ID, that pretty much shuts out cheating. Well, it doesn't shut it out. It just makes it harder, and that's why they don't want it.

Make no mistake about it, my friends - Republicans, the American people are never going to forget that it was you who shut down the government of the people.

Nobody wants to shut down the government.

I do not believe we should shut down the federal government.

I don't want to shut down the government.

The Conservative party absolutely must not allow itself to be shut out of parts of the north of England.

If someone shut down Twitter tomorrow, and Trump had to get started on some other platform, he'd never do it. And I think the whole country would be different.

I don't want to shut down government.

If Democrats don't want the government to shut down, support border security. It's that simple.

If we don't get gun-control laws in this country, we are full of beans. To have the National Rifle Association rule the United States is pathetic. And I agree with Mayor Michael Bloomberg: It's time to put up or shut up about gun control for both parties.

I had never considered myself a political guy, but there are certain things I can't shut up about. When I hear people say things like, 'If 'we' allow gays to marry, then people will want to marry animals and children,' I can't just stand there.

Rather than shutting down free speech, we need to broaden it, to make it possible for young people to say even the things we dislike so we can talk them down. And we need politicians to articulate a picture of the future that includes all of us. Not British values but shared human values.

Israel is shutting out the Arab world and shutting itself in.

The consequence of shutting down the government was not healthy.

I had no inkling of how crazy the political life would turn out to be. You shuttle between your constituency and Ottawa, you try to make every barbecue, festival, parade and charity run, but sometimes you feel pulled in 14 directions at once.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.

No one can escape politics. We are all in it. Even if we shy away from it, I just decide to embrace it. And I try to be an ally for other fights.

I try to shy away from labels and focus on the issues.

Well, Bill, I don't think you're going to find many shy people that are in the political business.

I was very shy and reserved, so it was a bit contradictory to get into politics.

I'm sick and tired - and the American people are sick and tired - of the pork barrel spending.

The Republicans and Democrats profit from war and sickness.

My side, I am a liberal more than a Democrat.

The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions very personally, and today there is a constant, ongoing attack, with one side or the other being maligned.