Quotes About Politics

But, looking round at the world as it is, it seems to me (I speak as a fool) that youth is all out for dogma, and that if boys and girls grow up imagining that Christianity has no dogma to give them, they'll give themselves over to political dogma or economic dogma in its crudest and most intransigent form.

Race is not a biological category that is politically charged. It is a political category that has been disguised as a biological one.

Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

The President of the Universe holds no real power. His sole purpose is to take attention away from where the power truly exists...

It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.

You mean they actually vote for the lizards?' 'Oh yes,' said Ford with a shrug, 'of course.' 'But,' said Arthur, going for the big one again, 'why?' 'Because if they didn't vote for a lizard,' said Ford, 'the wrong lizard might get in.

Today was the day; today was the day when they would realize what Zaphod had been up to. Today was what Zaphod Beeblebrox's presidency was all about.

No government owns it," snapped the robot, "it's been stolen.

To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?

They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.

Who can possibly rule, if no one who wants to do it can be allowed to?

Özetlersek: Ä°yi bilinen bir gerçektir ki, halk? yönetmeyi en çok isteyenler, ipso facto, bu iÅŸi yapmaya en az uygun olanlard?r. Özeti özetleyecek olursak: kendisinin BaÅŸkan yap?lmas?n? saÄŸlayabilecek kiÅŸilerin bu iÅŸi yapmas?na hiçbir surette izin verilmemesi gerekir. Özetin özetinin özeti: Halk bir problemdir.

Former state senator Joe Neal of Nevada, a political commentator, concluded that the heroism of De'Mont-e Love proved "that a six-year-old demonstrated more leadership than the President of the United States." 14

President Johnson no longer trusted Cronkite and his CBS ilk. At a March 1967 dinner party, he told reporters that CBS and NBC were "controlled by the Vietcong.

If somebody wants to run for office, they had better to explain why they want to run for office. Wanting to be a candidate seems, in itself, reason for exclusion.

The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be so much more powerful than he will ever be.

Federal and provincial politicians were about as functional and helpful as Peter, Chris, Stewie and Brian Griffin drinking ipecac together on Family Guy.

Karla like myself is of the new apolitical pick-and-choose style of citizen. I think politics is soon going to resemble a J. Crew catalogue more than some 1776 ideal. If somebody wants to run for office, they had better be able to explain why they want to run for office. Wanting to be a candidate seems, in itself, reason for exclusion.

The book is not about liberation in general or about political and religious freedom in particular, but about deliverance from bad servitude to good servitude. The Israelites served (abad) Pharaoh but were called by God to serve (again, abad) him instead.44

America. What a wonderful country. Too bad it was doomed to fail.

go down to the country, take a house, get interested in local politics, in local scandal, in village gossip. Take an inquisitive and violent interest in your neighbours.

Me and my old man went on a coach trip to Switzerland and Italy once and it was a whole hour further on there. Must be something to do with this Common Market. I don't hold with the Common Market and nor does Mr. Curtain. England's good enough for me.