Quotes About Politics

Many women in politics say they had very few, if any, female role models.

Thinking I'd be in politics just wasn't something I'd thought of as a younger woman. There just weren't a lot of role models there.

The Labour party is a lost cause for anybody who is moderate and sensible and believes in that left-of-centre view of life.

I'm considered a new Democrat, which would be considered moderate.

I would rather have a competent extremist than an incompetent moderate.

Americans are probably more in line than ever before. We're more moderate than we are liberal or conservative.

I am not a moderate. I am a conservative. I'm a fix-it conservative.

The only way Democrats can govern in this country is by making common cause with moderates and independents.

My lesson from history is that if there is a strong moderate centrist party which can lead the country, there is no room for extremists from the right or left.

People like me who are here in flyover country, we're tired of East Coast moderates.

We tried two moderate Republican candidates, McCain and Romney, and we lost both times.

I am a proud moderate republican. But I like democrats as well.

I think liberals would love to see the conservative party be more moderate, more middle of the road. I mean, my gosh, what do you call John McCain? Some would argue, what do you call Mitt Romney?

The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then of those conservatives in turn being ousted by those even further to the right.

Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.

My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people face in the world.

There's a whole lot of America that looks at each other and says, 'Well, there's 340 million people living in America. Isn't there somebody other than a Bush or a Clinton who can be president in these modern times?'

But Fascism cannot continue in a modified form.

My mom and dad are Republicans. At least two of my brothers are.

Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.

Donald Trump has created a movement; my job is to keep momentum behind it, keep it growing for the 2018 challenge.

Republicans believe an obstructionist, do-nothing Congress will deny Obama momentum and keep their base energized.

It's better to be married to someone who hates your politics than someone who hates your momma.

A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.