Quotes About Politics

The subjects that have replaced politics among Chileans are money, which there is never enough of, and soccer, which is a kind of consolation. The lowliest illiterate knows the names of all the players throughout our history, and has his own opinion of each.

in 1938 the left came to power under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, a member of the Frente Popular, or Popular Front, in which communist and radical parties participated. After Pedro Aguirre Cerda, the deposed Ibáñez joined forces with the left, and three successive radical presidents followed

For twenty years we had center-left governments, until 1958, when the right triumphed with Jorge Alessandri, son of The Lion and completely different from his father. The Lion was a populist with advanced ideas for his time; his son was a conservative, and projected an old-maidish image.

Había sido guerrillero hacía treinta y cinco años y para algunos, todavía con la mentalidad de la guerra fría, guerrillero era sinónimo de comunista, mientras que otros más al día con la historia contemporánea, guerrillero equivalía a terrorista.

Jamie aveva orrore di qualsiasi forma di estremismo e sosteneva che i guerriglieri si giustificano solo durante la tirannia, quando non c'è altra scelta che battersi con le armi, ma che sono un'aberrazione in un paese dove i cambiamenti si possono ottenere con votazioni popolari.

As a rightist senator pontificated, "When democracy gets democratic, it doesn't work at all.

El senador Trueba, que por principio detestaba esas cosas, comprendió lo que habían querido decir sus amigos del Club, cuando aseguraban que el marxismo no tenía ni la menor oportunidad en América Latina, porque no contemplaba el lado mágico de las cosas. «Pan, circo y algo que venerar, es todo lo que necesitan», concluyó el senador, lamentando en su fuero interno que faltara el pan.

El tema de la noche fue la intervención de la CIA en Latinoamérica, que contribuyó a derrocar democracias y reemplazarlas por el tipo de gobierno totalitario que ningún norteamericano toleraría.

My son, the Holy Church is on the right, but Jesus Christ was always on the left

algunas concubinas, mientras los ministros dudaban

Si pudo ser ministro de Educación sin haber terminado la escuela, igual puede ser ministro de Agricultura sin haber visto en su vida una vaca entera —comentó el senador Trueba.

and on the date stipulated by law the left calmly came to power. And on that date the right began to stockpile hatred.

Well, there have been periods in the past when prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand were at each others' throats publicly and frequently. That's not productive at all.

The reality is, we have had filled rooms wherever we've spoken, and in New Zealand, the left and the right have been coming together and saying, 'We believe in free speech.'

In New Zealand, men and women would not take a party seriously if it did not have a good gender - and increasingly racial - mix. It's not about being politically correct; it's just who we are.

I come from a place that is very politically sophisticated and progressive. New Zealand was the first place to give women the right to vote.

When you have the president arguing that there was mass voter fraud in the absence of any evidence whatsoever - I mean, literally zero - what's to stop anyone from saying so-and-so's a so-and-so?

There's this movie, 'Zero Dark Thirty' about the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Some have complained that too many 'secrets' were dished out by the intelligence and special operations communities to director Kathryn Bigelow, screenwriter Mark Boal and their crew, part of a broader pattern of using intelligence for political effect.

One problem with politics is that it is a zero sum game, i.e. politicians argue how to cut the pie smaller and smaller, by reshuffling pieces of the pie. I think this is destructive. Instead, we should be creating a bigger pie, i.e. funding the science that is the source of all our prosperity. Science is not a zero sum game.

The number of Pelosi allies who have come to me and told me to back off, that I'm not doing the right thing, is exactly zero. The number of members of the caucus who voted for her, who have checked to see who was listening and then patted me on the back and then said, 'Keep going Seth, you're doing the right thing,' is literally dozens.

If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics.

Clinton had absolutely zero honeymoon, none whatsoever.

I have no desire to be president of the United States. Zero desire. I don't think that I would be electable. And there are far too many people that are far smarter than me to be president. I'd like to find one with some honor and integrity. I haven't seen them yet, but they'll show up.

The terrorists haven't won, and we should tell them in plain English, 'No, there will never be a mosque at Ground Zero.'