Quotes About Politics

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.

Both the liberal and the conservative are in agreement: it is all very well to let the people alone, but only if they do what you want them to do.

I said you were a man of peace. I want you to know I took immense crap for that.

It is hard sometimes to get the Congress to do what you want to do and you have to keep working at it.

I do have certain feelings. My feeling is that whoever is in charge, I want him out.

The media coverage for Donald Trump has been almost cheerleading over the last couple weeks. And I'm convinced it's because many in the press want him to be the nominee.

I think if I weren't married to [Barack Obama], I'd want him to be in there.

The Republican Primaries were quite interesting. The establishment had its candidate, [Mitt] Romney, a kind of a Wall Street lawyer and investor, and they wanted him in. But the base didn't want him.

Right now my favorite thing is working to recall our absolute shitbag of a governor. He's been screwing up my state for more than a year. I want him out.

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion.

Ultraconservatism is, to me, so illogical. Everywhere you go, conservatives want to cut, cut, cut, cut - cut money for powerless people. So, that's the biggest problem I have with them.

The only candidate pocketing big money from people who want to destroy coal is Mitch McConnell.

PRESIDENT, n. The leading figure in a small group of men of whom - and of whom only - it is positively known that immense numbers of their countrymen did not want any of them for President.

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period.

When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best way to look at our present.

Donald Trump said he doesn't care about Paul Ryan's support, he doesn't want Paul Ryan's support, that he might be better off without Paul Ryan's support.

People who assume I want to run for elected office may be dealing from a bad assumption.

Here's why I find it impossible to be a Republican: any crowd that instantly cheers the execution of 234 individuals is a crowd I want to flee, not join.

If Romney wants to make me responsible for ObamaCare, I've said I would be proud to be responsible for it.

People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced way.

Donald Trump is now said that he wants to have a plan that's more harmonized with what House Republicans under speaker Paul Ryan have proposed.

I am no proponent of a theocracy. I am a secularist. I want an independent Iraqi government, not a lackey of Tehran.

If John McCain wants to have a debate about who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next Commander-in-Chief, that's a debate I'm ready to have.

Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.