Quotes About Politics

Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land to install a military base, and he only wanted to plant a Venezuelan flag there?

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.

You ought to serve on the platform you run on.

The Democrats' radicalism does not end with illegal immigration and health care. It extends into other aspects of their policy platforms.

Many senators have developed a canny sense of what will play best for the audience.

Most Americans will let liberals and conservatives play their games because most Americans don't pay attention.

When my mother in Florida mentions that she's off to play golf, I think: Golf? In the age of Trump?

Part of my desire to play music was because I wanted to escape the art world and the politics of it; the petty gossip-y art world. But you know, I feel like they're both equal forms of expression.

One had sown the seeds of corruption, and the other watered and nurtured it. Both the TDP and Congress have played their bit in patronising Satyam.

I don't think music should be played anywhere near politics. The two don't go together.

India has never played politics with national security.

There is probably no such thing as a level playing field in political campaigns.

Legislation to level the playing field for working families is dead on arrival in the Citizens United Congress.

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.

Look, not everybody plays well with each other on the playground. I get that, that's politics.

I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'

Shakespeare was very political, but he was also a fabulous entertainer. That's where his genius comes in as a playwright.

I get along with the Democrats, but please - I'm not their hero.

I hate the Chinese government. If you do not want to embrace North Korean defectors in your country, I understand. But we have a country where we can seek asylum. So please, let us freely pass through. Why are you doing your best to try and catch defectors?

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

Conservatives, please. Let's not duplicate the manias of the Left as we figure out how to deal with Mr. Obama. He is not exactly the anti-Christ, although a disturbing number of people on the Right are convinced he is.

Dealing with political things, it's not for me. It makes me crazy. I want to buy, you want to sell. Please make it simple.

We are a party which believes that we work in the national interest, not just to please my opposition.

I just want my party back, please.