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Quotes About Politics

The state, frankly, could care less. Historically, the state has been able to use any religious point of view for its own ends. . . . The examples of government misusing religion are endless.
~ Peter McWilliams
The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion.
~ Thomas Jefferson
The British government is a murder machine.
~ Peter King
Venezuela is a democratically elected government. These people who keep protesting are sore losers.
~ Oliver Stone
If you want to make the government take a religious side, then make the case, it should be Christian republic.
~ Rachel Maddow
Let me tell you, that's what taxation is - it's confiscation. It's your money, it's not the government's money. But the government makes you think that it all comes from them.
~ Rafael Cruz
The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.
~ Rand Paul
I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
~ Rand Paul
We don't need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.
~ Rand Paul
There is too much government today. We've got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people.
~ Ray Bradbury
Benevolent, enlightened, wise dictators are the most efficient form of government. The problem is what comes afterwards.
~ Reid Hoffman
I think most of [people] are not very well educated themselves to understand the Winston Churchill line - democracy is the worst of all governments until you consider all the other ones.
~ Reid Hoffman
Everything goes wrong for a government which is going wrong
~ Richard Crossman
In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.
~ Tony Blair
Stephen Harper, who's the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this - we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.
~ Rick Mercer
Who can be against progress, after all? But it's a fraudulent use of the word - because for the Progressive, progress is marked not be how free you are, but how much government can 'do' for you.
~ Rick Perry
It is often said that our modern world is incapable of self-government.
~ Robert A. Agresta
The government is not doing anything to help the country to heal. The government is just making cosmetic changes.
~ Zainab al-Khawaja
Since the beginning of recorded history, the business of government has been wealth confiscation.
~ Ron Holland
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.
~ Ron Paul
The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.
~ Ron Suskind
People don't start wars, governments do.
~ Ronald Reagan
Government is not the answer to the problem - it IS the problem.
~ Ronald Reagan
The government is currently experiencing withdrawal symptoms, and we musn't feed the habit by injecting more tax dollars into it.
~ Ronald Reagan