Quotes About Politics

It's the oldest trick in Washington - when presented with a policy solution you don't like, characterize it as the bogeyman.

The benefits of globalization do not trickle down automatically. It takes politics to make sure that there is a benefit.

National security is that old rabbit that's pulled out of the hat every time politicians run out of other tricks to keep you in check.

We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.

One of the favorite tricks of the Democrats is to try to get the Republicans to pass over their strongest candidate and nominate instead a candidate who will be easy to beat.

I'm fully aware of the tricks that are often played in elections here in South Carolina.

Politics is tricky for me. For most of my life, I didn't think it applied to me.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness.

I don't know how many parts I've lost because a lot of the politics in California are very conservative, and I'm fairly outspoken. I always tried to get as much politics in as I could, because I do believe in class struggle, and I think that's what's left out.

I really believe that anybody on the Left or the Right that tries to invoke the teachings of Jesus to say they should vote for this candidate or that candidate, I think they're stretching Scripture.

We have the First Amendment to rely on whenever an elected official tries to impinge on our rights to speak.

Romney is not funny. When he tries to be, it often comes across as awkward.

I don't see Republicans flipping their lids trying to burn down buildings in Ninja outfits when a Democrat, progressive, or socialist tries to speak.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame.

Paul Ryan is the establishment tool in D.C. that tries to splinter groups and does not work for the will of the people.

The second a political consultant tries to play dirty tricks, it will backfire, and it will hurt that candidate.

When someone like me, who is in the entertainment industry, which is a huge falsity of its own, tries to talk outwardly about politics, especially as a woman, I receive a lot of 'Shut up - just sing and dance for us, you idiot.'

Justin Trudeau tries to say that Canada is back. I say the Liberals are back - back to ignoring the rules and abusing the privileges of power.

When a country's government is involved in something, no filmmaker tries to make a film on it.

Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But Mr. Obama's budget adds $9.3 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years. What happened to Obama the deficit hawk?

During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump pledged to eliminate our national debt 'over a period of eight years.' Now two years into his administration, our national debt has increased, surpassing $21 trillion for the first time in American history.

But the point you need to know is that no president at war cut taxes $1.5 trillion, like Bush did.