Quotes About Politics

General Motors, General Mills, General Foods, general ignorance, general apathy, and general cussedness elect presidents and Congressmen and maintain them in power.

Political freedom would mean liberation of the individuals from politics over which they have no effective control. Similarly

Freie« Zeit, keine »Freizeit«. Letztere gedeiht in der fortgeschrittenen Industriegesellschaft, aber ist in dem Maße unfrei, wie sie durch Geschäft und Politik verwaltet wird

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

We do not commonly see in a tax a diminution of freedom, and yet it clearly is one.

The Republican form of government is the highest form of government; but because of this it requires the highest type of human nature -- a type nowhere at present existing.

Wer Feind ist, ist keine rechtliche, sondern eine politische Frage.

Maar als ik nu 'ns... op een ultra-conservatieve partij zou stemmen. Zou dat een klacht waard zijn?' Ik weet niet waarom ik dat zeg. Het komt zomaar bij me op. 'Op welke partij u stemt, zijn uw eigen zaken. Trouwens, hoe zou ik dat ooit te weten komen? Ik neem aan dat u dat niet aan m'n neus zou hangen.' Ik denk even na. Ze heeft gelijk.

Republicans have been losing the war of words for years now. Now they are just caving because they don't even want to try. I don't agree with that approach.

The Democrats co-opted the credit for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But if you go back and look at the history, a larger percentage of Republicans voted for that than did Democrats. But a Democrat president signed it, so they co-opted credit for having passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

I honestly believe that there's an element in this country, in our politics, that does not want to see a businessman succeed at getting the nomination for the Republican party, and does not want me to succeed at becoming President of the United States of America.

People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist.

Most of the people who are in elective office in Washington, D.C., they have held public office before. How's that working for you?

Remember this presidential candidate can count.

I left that Democrat plantation a long time ago and I ain't going back.

They call me racist too just because I disagree with a president who happens to be black. You are not racists - you are patriots.

It's not Planned Parenthood. No, it's planned genocide.

What's important is promising something to the people, not actually keeping those promises. The people have always lived on hope alone.

If only the right person would have to leave, everyone else would be able to stay in the country.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.

Here richly, with ridiculous display,The Politician's corpse was laid away.While all of his acquaintance sneered and slangedI wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.

Here richly, with ridiculous display, The Politician's corpse was laid away. While all of his acquaintance sneered and slanged I wept: for I had longed to see him hanged.

Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics.