Quotes About Politics

When it comes to engaging and influencing culture, too many Christians think too highly of political activism.

Here in Maine, we know that the system of special interests influencing elections runs contrary to our democratic values.

I want to be influential as a legislator.

For 22 years, Bandar bin Sultan was Saudi Arabia's influential, irrepressible ambassador in Washington.

Being attentive to the things that add meaning to our lives alongside politics will help us inform our politics with the values that really do make America great.

Democracy requires information. Plato knew that informed decision-making requires knowledge.

I just want people to know that if they want to change the direction of the country, they can do it, but only if they're active, informed, and engaged.

Scotland has been re-energized, and people all over the country have become involved in - and informed about - politics and government in a way that I have never known before. In short, we have put ourselves firmly in control of our country.

It's important to know enough about all of the candidates to make an informed choice, and our candidate is Hillary Clinton.

Charles and David Koch, two billionaire brothers, have been funding the infrastructure behind the Republican Party's right-ward shift since at least 1980.

The man who was known as 'no drama Obama' during the campaign has given us nothing but depleting and infuriating drama since he arrived in office.

You know what? As a black person, you see so much racism. Films are no different than the government, politics - it's everywhere. It's not exclusively film. It's infuriating to see it in film. But my being in film changes things.

This is politics. In politics, you only show the cake but not the ingredients. The time will come when I show you the cake and the ingredients.

Flattery is all right so long as you don't inhale.

Because of who I am, and how open I am, there's something inherently political about just writing love songs.

The problem that we've had is four media companies run media, globally. And some say they're on the Right and some say they're on the Left; look, they're all afraid of losing Ford as a client. So they're all, by definition, huge companies that are going to be inherently conservative.

I think that all music is inherently political, and, at the same time, I'm interested in the politics of inclusion not exclusion. So I think that my goal is to make music that anybody can hear and feel moved by.

I think my identity as a 'conservative' is entirely inherited. People see the name Buckley, and they think 'conservative.'

I often say that I inherited the family's recessive gene for adult-onset political activism.

I co-managed AOC's campaign alongside Vigie Ramos Rios and also was the one that managed the launch of her initial campaign in 2017.

Most nanny-state initiatives begin on a local level.

I was never consulted before the bifurcation. Injustice has been done to Andhra Pradesh, which had no revenues.

I think one of the innate challenges that comes with being on ESPN is that it is a sports network. It is an entertainment space largely, and because of that - as should be the case - politics aren't expected to be addressed in a meaningful way at a sports network.

I definitely learned about the inner workings of campaigns enough to know that I'm glad that I'm not in politics.