Quotes About Politics

The election result is not a victory that belongs to me or my party.

The primary victory of Roy Moore in Alabama over the candidate for the U.S. Senate seat backed by President Trump suggests that that not even Trump himself can control the forces that he unleashed.

In 1971, when Prime Minister Indira Gandhi defeated Pakistan, and our leader, A. B. Vajpayee, who was in the Opposition, praised her, and she was credited with the military victory, similarly, why can't Prime Minister Narendra Modi be credited for the Balakot air strike?

Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

In 1960, John F. Kennedy rode a superior televised debate performance to victory over Richard Nixon.

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth.

A victory for the BJP means a victory for prosperity and development.

No party talks about taking support of any other party unless it is unsure of its victory.

Citizens United was no victory for free speech.

Winning and losing have their significance in a democracy. But there should be no arrogance in victory, nor should there be any despondency in defeat.

I will not be remembered in history. I have not been shot. I have not launched any great tragedy or victory. I have not borne any great defeat. It was a very normal - it still is a very normal - human life of a political leader.

Once upon a time - in the days of Margaret Thatcher and John Major - I would have rejoiced in a Conservative Party landslide in Britain. But now, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's victory fills me with fear and foreboding.

The risk of a terrorist victory is greater when in fighting terror, democracy betrays its own essence.

I'm proud that Colorado delivered a victory to Barack Obama in 2008 and we will do so again in 2012.

If history is a guide, a victory for Obama means he faces the prospect of a second term dogged by scandal or inertia.

I really believed Obama when he spoke in 2008, but I remember watching his victory speech after this last election and it was the same speech. Exactly the same speech. I felt like he didn't even believe it anymore. He seemed to be tired of saying the same thing.

Many governments are quick to condemn Assad, but a dwindling number of them would celebrate a rebel victory in Damascus.

If democracy brings an undemocratic group to power, is that a victory for democracy?

Sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas did when it gained a 44-to-41 percent margin in the Palestinian election of 2006.

Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.

Hamas's strategy is resistance and survival. As long as they survive, this is a victory.

I don't think anyone has qualms in saying victory to the people of India. But when a political party appropriates such a slogan and says this is the definition of patriotism, those who say it are patriotic and those who don't are not patriotic, then I reject that definition.

Clearly, Donald Trump's victory is an additional stone in the building of a new world, destined to replace the old one.

Ever since Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. election, I've been trying to expand my scope to understand the thought processes of people who don't see the world, or humanity, as I do.