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Quotes About Politics

The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.
~ Aristotle
One has the right to be wrong in a democracy
~ Claude Pepper
democracy always makes for materialism, because the only kind of equality that you can guarantee to a whole people is, broadly speaking, physical.
~ Katharine Fullerton Gerould
The Left is not interested in prosperity, it is interested in equality
~ Dennis Prager
There are social democrats and others who are marching more in the direction of equality, whether you call them socialists or communists... Capitalism has only hurt Latin America.
~ Evo Morales
The principle of equality, which is at the core of democratic values, has very little meaning in a world in which global oligarchy is taking over.
~ bell hooks
Envy, bleating 'I'm as good as you', is the hotbed of Fascism.
~ Unknown
I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?
~ Stetson Kennedy
There is more than one way to be Kluxed, and we need to think about ourselves and the kind of people we elect into public office.
~ Stetson Kennedy
What keeps the democracy alive at all but the hatred of excellence; the desire of the base to see no head higher than their own?
~ Mary Renault
The link between my experience as an entrepreneur and that of a politician is all in one word: freedom.
~ Silvio Berlusconi
Before Israel dies, it must be humiliated and degraded. Allah willing, before they die, they will experience humiliation and degradation every day.
~ Khaled Mashal
The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived.
~ John Quincy Adams
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.
~ Abba Eban
Marriage is no substitute for political experience.
~ Sharad Pawar
Hillary Clinton has experience, but it's bad experience.
~ Donald Trump
All Congresses and Parliaments have a kindly feeling for idiots, and a compassion for them, on account of personal experience and heredity.
~ Mark Twain
Experience has already shown that the impeachment the Constitution has provided is not even a scarecrow.
~ Thomas Jefferson
Barbara Boxer is the most bitterly partisan, most anti-defense senator in the United States Senate today. I know that because I've had the unpleasant experience of having to serve with her.
~ John McCain
As the leader of twelve apostles, even Jesus had more executive experience than Obama.
~ Ann Coulter
Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.
~ Susan Estrich
In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy.
~ Peter Mandelson
Frankly, Barack Obama is a standard issue leftist that you would expect of somebody with his particular experience, and he doesn't exactly hide it.
~ John H. McWhorter
I have as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy did when he sought the presidency.
~ Dan Quayle