Quotes About Politics

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region.

Democracy isn't solely about polite conversations in parliaments. It needs to be continually refreshed with raw passions, anger and ideals.

The failure of Obamacare, I think, rests solely on the shoulders of Democrats. They created the program. They pushed it through. They made this legislation happen, and they need to own the failure of it.

Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never happen in Chile. Chile was such a solid democracy. And when it happened, it had brutal characteristics.

We believe in a solid, just, compassionate, hopeful future. That's why I'm in politics. That's why I'm running for president. And that's why I'm going to win!

The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from.

The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement.

Paul Ryan is a solid conservative.

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

The only reason why I made solo records was because I got so obsessed with politics, and that is quite personal. I don't really philosophically believe in solo records.

A lot of the people in Northern California and parts of Oregon have decided that we are not on the same page as San Francisco and Portland and Los Angeles. I don't know if six states is a solution because is Washington, D.C. and the rest of the country really going to give California 10 new senators?

Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.

Certainly, getting involved in politics and being a part of the solution to creating a great city, the opposite of what we had in Cuba, was a big part of our identity.

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

We have to rethink the two-state solution.

It is a sad law of politics that just because a problem exists, it doesn't mean a solution exists.

There is no longer a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Saying you have a political solution is like saying you can write a pop song that's going to stay at the top of the list forever. I don't have many illusions about this, but I'm not cynical about it.

I am certain that we need a solution completely separate from military intervention.

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

If there is a political cause, then there has to be a political solution.

For decades, my identity was political, but I've come to understand that there's no political solution when you're dealing with someone else's rules.

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

I fear a very hard Brexit, but I hope we will find a better solution.