Quotes About Politics

Panem et circenses quiere decir «pan y circo». El que lo escribió se refería a que, a cambio de tener la barriga llena y entretenimiento, su gente había renunciado a sus responsabilidades políticas y, por tanto, a su poder.

Say what you will, I've done more for Capital reconstruction than the president himself', Sejanus joked halfheartedly.

in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

Panem et Circenses

But this republic idea sounds like an improvement over our current government.

It's to the Capitol's advantage to have us divided among ourselves,

Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power.

It's a saying from thousands of years ago, written in a language called Latin about a place called Rome," he explains. "Panem et Circenses translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given up their political responsibilities and therefore their power." I

We need more participation, so when I see someone like Trump, I go, 'You know something? Good for him'. I may not support him, but let him run.

I didn't vote for Trump. So we've got him. Let's hope for the best. He might do something good.

The Congress doesn't have the leadership. What exactly is Rahul Gandhi doing is the question... sometimes he says something good, at times he makes a mess.

I had expected that KCR would do something good for the state but he did not.

Politics is traditionally a male domain in Russia. Until now, women have only been accessories. Now, female protest groups are emerging - not because men came up with the idea, but through their own efforts. That's something new for Russia.

Sometime, while I wasn't paying attention, trickle-down economics got respectable.

Trump does magic. Maybe it will be black magic sometime, but he's an amazing phenomenon.

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Sometimes the point isn't to make people believe a lie - it's to make people fear the liar.

'The bully pulpit' is somewhat diminished in our age of fragmented attention and fragmented media.

We're somewhat lucky here in the United States, where we hope that the checks and balances hold out for many years to come and decades to come. But in a lot of countries, you don't have these checks and balances.

I find politicians globally are somewhat disappointing, not just in Ireland.

I certainly did not know what the word 'socialism' meant growing up, because I was brought up in a very nonpolitical family. My brother was somewhat active, but my parents were not.

Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at age 30. Somewhere around 1992, he should have had to go out and get a real job.

I don't think there is one president that's come down the line that hasn't done something good somewhere.

President Biden has demonstrated that he will do whatever it takes to bail out his son, Hunter, and line his family's pockets with cash from corrupt foreign energy companies.