Quotes About Politics

I believe we [americans] are strongest as a nation, when the president and Congress work together.

We work with whoever is elected. Some will bring a more generous, open view of the world than others.

The message to both parties should be right now that we need to find ways to work together to speak to the American public.

I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.

Plato long ago pointed out the importance of being governed by men with sufficient sense of responsibility and comprehension of public duties to be very reluctant to undertake the work of governing.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

We discovered how much money influences certain things work in United States. How things might seem okay on the outside, but internally, they're corrupt.

The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.

I often criticized what President Bush did, but President Obama is Bush's spending on steroids.

Steve Bannon puts himself above everything.

I think Steve Bannon is much to-do about nothing. I think this is a guy who wants to create his own myth.

The Steve Bannon I know - I locate Steve's politics as a Democrat circa 1962.

I have a very high opinion of Steve King and his ability, so I would encourage him to consider any position for higher office.

Donald Trump won the campaign, and I was empowered by Jared Kushner and lucky to be around people like Kellyanne Conway and Steve Bannon.

Steve Bannon was my right-hand man for, like, seven years. He's a hammer. And when you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail. He's very sure and very smart. Very driven, very patriotic. He's not most of the things that people say.

I mean, can Donald Trump get elected again in 2020 without Steve Bannon? I would say no.

Steve Bannon is a friend of Israel and he is a friend of Judaism.

There is no more divisive character in modern politics than Steve Bannon, as he symbolizes the devil incarnate for the heaving, emotional left.

All too often, the conversation about appropriate and balanced environmental stewardship gets caught up in partisan politics. Yet, this conversation is key to the preservation of our great country for generations to come, as important as ensuring we have fiscally responsible policies to secure our future.

Stewardship of our air and water is a responsibility that should be free of the bias of politics. What's more, environmental regulators should abide by the law.

If you stand at an election and put a manifesto in front of people saying you're going to improve health care, you have to stick by that.

I think, as Republicans, we need to stick by what we believe in. And that is fiscal conservatism and individual freedom.

Every time the liberals pass a bill - I don't care what it involves - they stick criminal sanctions on it. They don't feel there is any way people are going to keep a law unless they can put them in jail.

I know how to make sausage, and now that I've seen how laws are made, I'll stick with sausage.