Quotes About Politics

I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.

I think Paul Ryan would make a great speaker. And people like him are the kinds of people that we need.

I'm calling out the enemy. He is Speaker Paul Ryan.

Paul Ryan needs to step down as Speaker of the House.

I think Nancy Pelosi is extremely qualified to be speaker of the House, because she has been speaker of the House. I trust her leadership. I trust her judgment.

House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.

We need the speaker to be an institutionalist for the Congress, not to be a defender of the deep state.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?

I think you've got to like people. There are MPs who are either painfully shy or who don't like public speaking or don't socialise very well, and you just think this must be the worst job in the world for them.

For liberals, generally speaking, honoring procedures - means - is the core of what being 'principled' means. For conservatives, fighting for the right outcome - ends - even at the expense of procedural nicety, is what being 'principled' means.

We have a government that, generally speaking, does not respond to the people.

I'm speaking out against social media bias.

Speaking and writing English perfectly should not be a privilege. To those who try to politicize this matter, I tell them now, do not mess with the future of our children.

My life would have gone along perfectly well, politically speaking, if it hadn't been for girls.

I am speaking as a Republican now, not a national security expert, but I believe that my party needs to come together.

Music that speaks of politics is less listened to than the music of partying, but it's still there.

My wife speaks very good French. She said she would miss lots of things in the U.S., but we can't live there if Trump's president.

When a president speaks, it's to multiple audiences.

Obama provides hope. Whether he does anything, the hope that he provides for a nation and outside of America is enough. Just being who he is. You're the first black president. If he speaks on any issue or anything, he should be left alone.

What President Bush has done speaks more than words about his feeling of compassion and commitment to people.

I think there's a huge lack of political artists in America, and I think it really speaks to our consumeristic culture and how people are driven to be financially successful here. It's such a shame that we don't have people who are more inspired than that.

I think Obama is going to go down as one of our greatest presidents because what this guy has done and has tried to do, and over the kind of opposition that I don't know if Lincoln had, except he had to go to war. This speaks so brilliantly of Obama and the way he conducts himself. I think he is already one of our greatest presidents.

Trump is like a Shakespearean 'fool': he seems crass because he speaks the truth.

Unfortunately, though both Mahatma Gandhi and Narendra Modi hail from Gujarat, Gandhi never lied, and Modi never speaks the truth.