Quotes About Politics

The truth is that politicians are basically tied to trying to get reelected, so they can't really make landmark changes.

The truth is that as we move forward, if one side says we can't raise any taxes on anybody or any interest, and the other side says we can't cut anything, we're obviously not going to make progress on this. And our interest is in making progress on this.

I have come to the conclusion that Ben Carson is a bit nuts. I say that not because I disagree with him politically, but because he doesn't seem to know what the truth is.

The truth is, the 'Fortune' 500 prefer lobbying to campaigning.

As a Christian, I'm passionately opposed to American pretensions that we have special standing with God; to political office-seekers who play on our religious differences; and to the religious arrogance that says, 'Our truth is the only truth.'

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.

The mythology is that political change happens only in election years. The truth is you build from election to election.

I understand that people in the media want this to be a sprint every day, but the truth is a presidential campaign is a marathon.

I'm finding all over America that people are sick and tired of the tweedle-dee dees and the tweedle-dee dums who constantly flip-flap from one side to another. People are interested in having candidates that are truthful.

It is clear that Michael Cohen was not truthful with the House Intelligence Committee, which is all the more reason that we never should have ended our investigation.

Britain, Europe's second largest economy, a member of the G-7 and the UN Security Council, wants to leave the EU. That weakens us and it weakens Britain.

America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.

Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

Politics is democracy's way of handling public business. We won't get the type of country in the kind of world we want unless people take part in the public's business.

Donald Trump said prior to the debate that he wants to be very civil. He said that instead of referring to all Hispanics as criminals, he'll call them criminal Americans.

The excitement right now is coming from the Liberty movement. And the Republicans want a piece of it.

I wish President Obama had succeeded because I want America to succeed.

The only thing we all agree on, virtually every poet in this country, is that this Administration is really frightening, and we want something done about it.

If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.

I'm not a Republican because I grew up rich, but because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life poor, waiting for the government to rescue me.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

I voted for President Bush. I voted for President Clinton and although I do want my vote back, I voted for President Obama.

As long as there are only 3 to 4 people on the floor, the country is in good hands. It's only when you have 50 to 60 in the Senate that you want to be concerned.

Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.