Quotes About Politics

Amendments occupy a great deal of most legislators' time, particularly those lawmakers in the minority. Members of Congress do author major bills, but more commonly they make minor adjustments to the bigger bill.

Israel cannot be a democracy if it occupies land of other people.

I have confidence in the responsibility of those who occupy a seat in the legislature.

It's hard enough to find out about the things the universe prefers to keep hidden without our government, which somebody you know must have voted for, covering up what has already been found. Sometimes, of course, it hides things to save its own neck and sometimes seemingly just for the hell of it.

I cannot bear that chirpy Bobby Kennedy, always building his beaver's nest with a few more facts. He needs to look into the abyss.

I met Jack Kennedy in November, 1946. We were both war heroes, and both of us had just been elected to Congress.

Most politicians are pigs...It's a funny thing about pigs...They have an odd way of keeping warm in winter if they find themselves outside. You see, pigs don't know if they're cold, provided their nose is warm. So they stand around in a circle with their nose between the hind legs of the pig in front of them. Would you call that a curious relationship?...I would call that a Satanic relationship.

Imparai che la politica non è solo azione ma anche partecipazione. Forse, mi dissi, non si tratta di cambiare gli uomini quanto di accompagnarli, di essere uno di loro

Kennedy and Johnson had more to offer than bread alone. Initiatives such as the Peace Corps and the Alliance for Progress were intended to stimulate political as well as economic development.

77 millones de chinos murieron por causas no naturales a consecuencia de las guerras o de los asesinatos de masas por motivos políticos entre las décadas de 1920 y 1980, y la inmensa mayoría de ellos murieron a manos de compatriotas suyos.1

There was something pretentious about politics when it was taken to extremes.

Çünkü bana göre siyaset, en sonunda bizim gibi olmayanlar? kararl?l?kla anlamama, romanc?l?k ise anlama iÅŸidir.

Cumhuriyet kimlerin elinde görüyorsun. Ä°smet PaÅŸa bu adama deÄŸil bakanl?k, ta??s?n diye çantas?n? bile vermez!..

Nos interesa el límite peligroso de las cosas. El ladrón honesto, el asesino sensible, el ateo supersticioso. ROBERT BROWNING, Apología del obispo Blougram La política en una obra literaria es un tiro de pistola en medio de un concierto, algo grosero pero imposible de ignorar. Estamos a punto de hablar de asuntos muy feos. STENDHAL, La cartuja de Parma

What would he have to say about the Nabokov Museum in the same city, which during the Stalin era had served as the office of the domestic board of censors?

Poezija nam nije pomogla da na?emo sre?u; stoga je sad pokušavamo na?i u zakrilju politi?koga plašta

Bizim askerler BaÅŸbakan Menderes'i daha o zamanlar asmam??t?; o da sabah akÅŸam Ä°stanbul'da Kadillak arabas?yla geziyor ve yolunu kesen bütün eski evleri ve konaklar? y?kt?r?p geniÅŸ caddeler açt?r?yordu.

Roman sanat?n? siyasi yapan ÅŸey, yazarlar?n siyasi görüÅŸleri ya da üye olduklar? partiler deÄŸil; kültür, s?n?f, cinsiyet vs. olarak kendimize benzemeyen birisini anlamak, ahlaki, kültürel, siyasi yarg?dan önce ÅŸefkat duymak, yani bütün bu özdeÅŸleÅŸme ihtiyac? ve onun gücüdür.

Durante la presidencia de Fujimori las masacres indiscriminadas de campesinos cesaron casi por completo.

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.

We live in a time when moderates are treated worse than extremists, being punished as if they were more fanatical than the actual fanatics.

the cruelest, narrowest, most evil people will always rise to power because they'll always be the ones most willing to wrap themselves in the crescent flag and murder people in God's name.

If pigs could vote, the man with the slop bucket would be elected swineherd every time, no matter how much slaughtering he did on the side. 

When the people elected a president like this one, who ran a campaign like the one he ran, it was hard to imagine what kind of scandal might bring him down.