Quotes About Politics

Obama had the wherewithal to muscle through an entire health care reorganization, right? Like it, don't like it, whatever.

If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration.

I think one of the reasons that Arch Enemy gels so well as people and musically is because we all share very similar values when it comes to human rights, animal rights... even politics, religion.

Musicians have been political literally since people were writing songs.

Some musicians play blues, others classical jazz or bluegrass. I like to play political roles because I can merge my political interests with my creative interests.

If there can be Muslim and Christian countries, why can't there be a Hindu country?

When Mohamed Morsi was elected president of Egypt in 2012, many in the country, including me, were hopeful that he would become a democratic president for all Egyptians - not only for the Muslim Brotherhood.

If this war makes anything clear, it is that Israel can do nothing to appease the Muslim animus against her.

Donald Trump has been horrendous, saying things are bad because of Muslims or Mexicans. This is exactly what happened in the 1930s in Germany, and it's gonna get worse.

The question is, why do we have Muslims in the country?

We never learnt the right lessons. We never went to the root of the problem. Once you start politicising religion, you play with fire and get burnt as well. Another lesson we did not learn is that Muslims are not homogenous.

One example that has hurt me is that of Aung San Suu Kyi. I admire her a lot, but her unwillingness to protect the Rohingiya Muslims shows how intolerance has seeped into politics and the level at which it has seeped. It immobilises politicians.

Islamist groups have gained influence at local and national level by playing the politics of identity and demanding for Muslims the 'right to be different.'

If Narendra Modi wants the hearts of two communities to meet, he must first truly love Muslims.

I have done more for Muslims than Mulayam Singh Yadav has.

Affirmative action works but we're going to need to muster all our political resources if we are to keep it in place.

Senator Kerry says he sees two Americas. It makes the whole thing mutual - America sees two John Kerrys.

Rick Scott's my friend. And I think he's done a great job. And it's my experiences with him that are part of the reason I'm running for Senate.

Most people don't actually like the press. The friend of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.

I like a lot of my Republican colleagues, starting with my friend from Indiana, Senator Lugar. We've had an excellent relationship.

Donald Trump was my friend for 15 years.

The thing that we need to move on from is any time you meet somebody, we always say, 'Oh, this is my friend so-and-so. And, you know, he's a Republican.' You know, we always label each other as a liberal or as a conservative or as a Democrat or as a Republican.

Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.

I cannot let Justin Trudeau do to my children what his father did to my generation.