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Quotes About Politics

A politician has an axe to grindWith which he aims to chop off half your mind.
~ Chris I. Naylor
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad get even.
~ Everett Dirksen
Compared to politics, I think sports is funnier, because it's inconsequential. And politics can be real important and all that. The more pointless something is, the funnier it is, you know?
~ Norm MacDonald
The Senate is the last primitive society in the world. We still worship the elders of the tribe and honour the territorial imperative.
~ Eugene McCarthy
A statesman is an easy man He tells his lies by rote A journalist makes up his lies And takes you by the throat So stay at home and drink your beer And let the neighbours vote.
~ William Butler Yeats
No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.
~ Jay-Z
Politics should not interfere with sports. And sports should impact politics.
~ Vladimir Putin
I have a huge political interest. I just wish I had the courage to come into politics in India.
~ Shekhar Kapur
I admire people who come to politics because it takes a lot of courage to be in politics in India.
~ Shekhar Kapur
Unity in faith is theocracy unity in politics is fascism.
~ Maajid Nawaz
Money is the mother's milk of politics.
~ Jesse Unruh
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.
~ Eugene McCarthy
It's nice to have four years between elections. It takes people that long to regain their faith.
~ Anonymous
I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.
~ P. J. O'Rourke
Indian democracy's greatest strength is that we have always put the nation above politics.
~ Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Populist promises to reverse every tough decision are nothing but empty rhetoric, irresponsible leadership, and bad politics. They are not the solution to Ireland's problems.
~ Enda Kenny
Liberals think you can reform an ax murderer. They don't want to kill anything. They want to change the Listerine labels to "Rehabilitate the germs that cause bad breath."
~ Marc Price
A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.
~ Ivern Ball
Harold Wilson is going around the country stirring up apathy.
~ William Whitelaw
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city it might be better to change the locks.
~ Doug Larson
Merkel is an amazing woman, very experienced in international politics.
~ Ehud Olmert
What obstructs the vision and is called smog in our big cities is called defining the issues in politics
~ Anonymous
They pick a president and then for four years they pick on him.
~ Adlai Stevenson
A politican is an animal who can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
~ Anonymous