Quotes About Politics

If we remain grotesquely unequal, we shall lose all sense of fraternity: and fraternity, for all its fatuity as a political objective, turns out to be the necessary condition of politics itself.

Artists know that diligence counts as much, if not more, as inspiration in art, as in politics, patience counts as much as revolution.

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

What used to be called liberal is now called radical, what used to be called radical is now called insane, what used to be called reactionary is now called moderate, and what used to be called insane is now called solid conservative thinking.

socialism has only two fundamental problems: lunch and dinner.

Commons People takes a look at the day-to-day lives of our MPs, examining what motivates them, who inspires them, what they do to relax, what keeps them awake at night, and their hopes and aspirations for the future. It allows the reader to get into the minds of our elected representatives, reveals what?s in their hearts and explores their concerns. It is also the perfect read for politics students and those wishing to become involved in politics at any level.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing joy, rage, fear triumph, yearning and confusion.

Jane Austen's profound concern with good manners was thus not simply a reflection of a cloistered gentility: it was a form of politics -- an involvement with a widespread attempt to save the nation by correcting, monitoring, and elevating its morals.

Our curious Western relationship with the country reinforces their strange status. We beg them to buy yet another squadron of supersonic interceptors to go with their latest platoon of tanks, plead with them to keep the price of oil low, and praise them as reliable partners in the Middle East while turning a very blind eye to their extreme distaste for democracy, not to mention the fact that they supplied nearly all the 9/11 terrorists and continue to promote dissent in the Islamic world.

Sometimes, small minds seem to take the day. Election fraud. A migratory plague. Less and less surprises us as odd.

Medicine is a social science, and politics is nothing but medicine on a large scale.

I want to say this about my state. When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We're proud of it. And if the rest of the country had followed our lead, we wouldn't have had all these problems over all these years, either.

It is a truism of American politics that no man who can win an election deserves to.

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.

Gott Mit Uns! Nobiscum Deus! Emmanuel! Heil Hitler! Hail Victory! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil! Seig Heil!

The right rumour in the right ears can kill the emperor, as they say.

Billy Tauzin is one of the most interesting people in Washington. He is smart, funny, and interesting.

Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

In politics as in life, nothing is really hidden, only ignored. A candidate's character is transparent.

Murray Rothbard.

Ideology is dead..Politics is about barter..you give some, take back a lot more. Its business at the end of the day. - Ravi Nehra

It's a pity that the land of great leaders like Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka and Akbar, has to be led by a dummy PM. - Shruti Ranjan

I have squandered away my father's political legacy...My personal life is in a mess...Can I turn the tables? - Rhea Malviya

I never aspired to be the PM...Why should I quit over a silly issue like corruption? - Devender Singh