Quotes About Politics

Let us never yield to those who believe political power flows from the barrel of a gun, to

politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the point of ridiculousness. Phrases

As politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the point of ridiculousness. Phrases

Senator Blake Crouch (D-Colo.), who

They want us all wound up and mistrusting each other. Norms and abnorms, left and right, rich and poor, all of it. The more we fear, the more we need them. And the more we need them, the more powerful they get.

Because all the talk about preventing a war is bullshit. What they really want is to control it. They want to generate and maintain war at a low simmer. They want us all wound up and mistrusting each other. Norms and abnorms, left and right, rich and poor, all of it. The more we fear, the more we need them. And the more we need them, the more powerful they get.

There are no true friends in politics.

Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.

Politicians are not born; they are excreted.

People are rapidly losing hope and trust. They believe their government has been captured by special interests and no longer cares about them, and they are right.

Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.

Usually, if you smile at them and show some interest in the toy, they will give it to you. That's a straight up Democrat move!

George Bush isn't Hitler. He could be if he applied himself.

Most conservatives also believe in the death penalty, but not abortion, which proves they like to procrastinate.

Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical.

Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts.

I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.

There are still people in my party who believe in consensus politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors... I mean it.

I like Mr. Gorbachev, we can do business together.

One of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.

No woman in my time will be prime minister or chancellor or foreign secretary - not the top jobs. Anyway, I wouldn't want to be prime minister you have to give yourself 100 percent.

In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Do you know that one of the great problems of our age is that we are governed by people who care more about feelings than they do about thoughts and ideas.

I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.