Quotes About Politics

I took a political stance early on, but I don't think my work is overtly political. I respond to events.

There's been a significant amount of Israelis who are joining my party because they think that Israel has to have a tough stance in this crazy environment called the Middle East.

My district really wanted me... to take a hard stance against a Donald Trump agenda.

It's a heavy feeling being in Washington. There are so many important issues at risk. You're in a fighting stance every day.

Ed Miliband's anti-immigration stance is odd: it's hard to vote for a man who doesn't have the confidence to defend his own existence.

It was the anti-people stance of the Congress that had led to the emergence of BJP into power.

I'll tell you where I stand on the issues, and then I'll let the pundits decide how to label me.

I couldn't stand the politics in opera.

You have to have enough conviction to stand for something. It doesn't matter if it's the opposing party or your own party.

I will support my party when they are right on an issue, but am not afraid to stand up to party bosses who are not looking out for the best interests of my constituents and our country.

If I want to make political decisions, I should stand for election. If I want to do something in the legal field, that's different; that is my - they are my qualifications, but you know, the politicians are the ones who stand up there and are answerable to the people.

I used to do stand-up, actually. I had a ten-minute routine I did for a thing called 'Stand Up for Labour' where we'd go around different seats and use comedy to raise money. I stopped doing this routine when I started running for mayor.

When I first ran for governor... I had to stand up for segregation or be defeated, but I never insulted black people by calling them inferior.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

The way we're going to win elections in this country is not to become Republican lite. The way we're going to win elections in this country is to stand up for what we believe in.

'Hello my name is the Republican Party and I got a problem. I'm addicted to spending and big government.' I'd like one of them just to stand up and say that.

It is not only all right but necessary to stand up to George Bush.

People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.

In science, if you stand up and say something you know is not correct, that's career-ending. It used to be that way in politics, but not anymore.

I don't think much about politics as such because it has no room in our working processes. Eventually, our cases will have to stand up in court. And court will hear nothing about politics.

Arkansas needs leaders who will stand up to anyone in Washington, from either political party, and do what's right for Arkansas and for our country.

It's a midterm year, and it's time to take action. I don't care if you're a Democrat. I don't care if you're a Republican. Stand up for what you believe in.

Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a liquor company. Rarely does a congressman stand up and defend a bar.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.