Quotes About Politics

As our politics have become more polarized, the essential loyalties shift from ideas to parties to tribes to individuals. Nothing else ultimately matters.

I do not believe that the Sunni tribes have gone over to the Islamic State.

It's absolutely shameful that Rep. Grijalva would try to use tribes as political pawns to implement the misguided agenda of extremist environmental groups.

One of the remarkable things about Donald Trump is that he didn't just beat the Progressive establishment - he also beat the Conservative establishment. Two political tribes that dominated Washington for half a century were defeated in the space of one election campaign.

Watching the Commons tribute to Margaret Thatcher was like being suffocated inside a gigantic sticky toffee pudding, but one with nasty bogeys planted inside. There was much of the 'Margaret Thatcher who was lucky enough to know me,' especially from her own side of the House.

Today, people call each other 'guys' - this derives from Guy Fawkes, the bomb-making terrorist. No greater tribute has ever been paid to anyone in the history of politics.

I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick.

There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties.

I love our judicial system It's where Trump's fanciful delusions go to die.

An ideologue is one who places agenda above truth.

Blind party loyalty will be our downfall. We must follow the truth wherever it leads.

Reiterating other people's hopes, dreams and fears. That's what politics is all about.

While the truth is putting on its shoes, the lie becomes a president!

History is replete with blunders written by sycophants.

When truth and honesty is absent in the nation, it relates not just to the politicians.

People are always teaching us democracy but the people who teach us democracy don't want to learn it themselves.

My songs is hard stuff which politicians don't want on them radio station because they still want people to live in ignorancy.

I'd rather vote for something I want and not get it than vote for something I don't want, and get it.

We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

If [Donald Trump] wants to do good things, let's see it. Let him do it. I can't stop him from doing good things.

The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.

I'm ready to be insulted as being insufficiently democratic, but I want to be serious ... I am for secret, dark debates.

Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here?