Quotes About Politics

Iraqis will never forget that on 8 August 1990 Kuwait became part of Iraq legally, constitutionally and actually. It continued to do so until last night, when withdrawal began.

Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors.

They told me if I voted for Goldwater, he would get us into a war in Vietnam. Well, I voted for Goldwater and that's what happened.

We Communists have to string along with the capitalists for a while. We need their agriculture and their technology.

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war.

By maintaining the separation of church and state, the United States has avoided the intolerance which has so divided the rest of the world with religious wars.

Terrorism, War & Bankruptcy are caused by the privatization of money, issued as a debt and compounded by interest.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

If there is no sufficient reason for war, the war party will make war on one pretext, then invent another.

Have you ever met a war you didn't love? I'm asking, is there any place you don't want to intervene in?

Communism will never be halted by negotiations or through the machinations of detente. It can only be halted by force from without or by disintegration from within.

I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.

Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.

Therefore it is unnecessary for a prince to have all the good qualities I have enumerated, but it is very necessary to appear to have them.

Wars are caused by unprotected wealth.

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

Patriotism is nationalism, and always leads to war.

There is no avoiding war; it can only be postponed to the advantage of others.

The trouble with free elections is that you never know how they are going to turn out.

Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.

Whenever you put your faith in big government for any reason, sooner or later you wind up an apologist for mass murder.

I am not in favor of making voters or jurors of Negroes, nor of qualifying them to hold office.

The problem is that the East is producing missiles and the West is producing pacifists.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.