Quotes About Politics

They were taught about democracy in London, not about tyranny in Cairo.

Cuánto tiempo necesitáis antes de que acabéis admitiendo que el comunismo es un fracaso?

We're all idealists," said Lord Silverman, smoothing over the conflict like a good host. "That's why we're in politics. People without ideals don't bother. But we have to confront the realities of elections and public opinion.

El general rebelde, Franco, había conseguido el respaldo de la Iglesia católica.

Therefore I shall resign the presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice President Ford will be sworn in as president at that hour in this office." "Yes!" George punched the air. "He's done it! He's gone!" What Maria felt was not so much triumph as relief. She had woken up from a nightmare. In the dream, the highest officers in the land had been crooks, and no one could do anything to stop them.

El primer asunto que debían tratar cuando se iniciara la sesión esa tarde era la Ley de Habilitación, que permitiría que el gabinete de Hitler pudiera aprobar leyes sin el permiso del Reichstag.

John Locke and other philosophers said a government's authority could come only from the consent of the people.

Quien controle Berlín controlará Alemania, y quien controle Alemania controlará Europa».

one of Churchill's jibes about Attlee: "An empty car drew up and Clem got out." The

political parties representing rival bourgeois factions create the illusion of choice but unite to repress the working class.

Americans talked about voters the way Russians talked about Stalin: they had to be obeyed, right or wrong.

the consensus was that he preferred to have Churchill inside the tent spitting out.

Es cierto. Si algo he aprendido en España es que tenemos que combatir a los comunistas tanto como a los fascistas. Son perversos, los unos y los otros.

Era evidente, pensó Lloyd, que Churchill pretendía formar un gobierno auténticamente pluripartidista.

Our government has betrayed us," said his father. "In your opinion. So what? In America, when the Republicans won the last election, the Democrats didn't riot!

Democracy is a terrible way to run a country, isn't it?" she said.

You know you're winning, in politics, when your opponent steals your ideas. - Bernie Leckwith

There are no saints in politics. But imperfect people can still change the world for the better.

you should never believe a politician with simple answers.

Nothing is too ridiculous for modern politics.

But many working-class Americans feel that integration is being shoved down their throats by Washington do-gooders such as all of us in this room.

got elected by promising law and order. The blatant hypocrisy of it all makes us kind of furious.

and Wilson was looking for a pretext to unseat him. Gus was thrilled that a world leader would say it was not acceptable for men to achieve power through murder. Would there come a day when that principle was accepted by all nations? The

He wanted to work in politics, like his parents, and make his country a better place for people such as the Aberowen coal miners. For that he needed political meetings where people could speak their minds, and newspapers that could attack the government, and pubs where men could have arguments without looking over their shoulders to see who was listening. Fascism