Quotes About Politics

constant friction between what you see, and what you want to achieve and things that you know are right. That rub is what creates the pain and the emotion and then there's the hope that maybe you can overcome it, make it happen. It's the same politically and personally—to me it's all one issue because the same problems keep coming up over and over again—lack of commitment, lack of caring.

Many Christians have put the political cart before the theological horse.

Under Saddam Hussein, no al Qaeda. Under George Bush, al Qaeda. Under Saddam Hussein, relative stability. Under George Bush, instability. Under Saddam Hussein, about 30,000 deaths a year. Under George Bush, about 60,000 deaths a year. I don't get it. Why is it better to have George Bush the king of Iraq rather than Saddam Hussein?

Partisanship may be King in Washington but the rest of us dont have to pay tribute.

Neither party has God on its side, a monopoly on good ideas, or a lock on any single fiscal, social, or moral philosophy.

When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.

Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

If you want to get the best people to run for office, weve got to make the rules easier, and simpler, and more understandable to get on the ballot.

Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States.

The press really is not doing its job of holding [the candidates'] feet to the fire. ... The tough questions are not what are you in favor of, but how are you going to get it through Congress?

Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.

These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.

Government is dysfunctional.

The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.

This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy.

You know how Washington and London feel about joint operations, Michael. It makes the politicians feel better.

Entertainment in its broadest sense- popular ballads, vaudeville, films, sculptures, plays, paintings, pornography, pulp novels-- has not only been a primary mode of expression of LGBT identity, but one of the most effective means of social change. Ironically, the enormous political power of these forms was often understood by the people who wanted to ban them, not by the people who were simply enjoying them.

I have come to realize that in life and politics, there is always more to take into consideration.

The role of democracy is not to banish disagreement but rather to prevent political disagreements from devolving into armed conflict.

I'm anxious to get back to D.C. to correct all the inaccuracies and lies that are being said.

Decision making becomes more political - less about authority and more about influence. That isn't good or bad; it's simply inevitable.

The danger comes when people think you have what political columnist George Will once described as "a learning curve as flat as Kansas.

So it shouldn't come as a complete surprise that the decision-making game becomes that much more bruising and politically charged the higher up you go. It's critical, then, for you to become more effective at building and sustaining alliances and for you to become expert in corporate diplomacy.