Quotes About Politics

The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.

...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem.

You get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.

Politics can be the graveyard of the poet. And only poetry can be his resurrection.

Politics is chiefly a function of culture, at the heart of culture is morality, and at the heart of morality is religion.

I still call myself a communist, because communism is no more what Russia made of it than Christianity is what the churches make of it.

We've seen a great deal of interest from the Occupy movement. It's a diverse movement, not everyone embraces electoral politics, and no one can speak for Occupy.

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

I don't even want to go to the Pride marches anymore. The politics have been removed almost entirely. They're just huge corporate showcases.

If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether.

Being a conservative on campus is like bing a goat amongst the taliban. You are never safe.

I went to the UN and even the guidebook was spineless.

Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.

As government expands, liberty contracts.

I've never been able to understand why a Republican contributor is a 'fat cat' and a Democratic contributor of the same amount of money is a 'public-spirited philanthropist'.

Politics has slain its thousands, but religion has slain its tens of thousands.

The problem is, of course, that not only is economics bankrupt but it has always been nothing more than politics in disguise ... economics is a form of brain damage.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

Continuing to believe the same thing, even in the face of new evidence to the contrary, is the definition of insanity - except in politics where it's called leadership.

Politics come from man. Mercy, compassion, and justice come from God.

The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.

I want to preach a new doctrine. A complete separation of business and government.