Quotes About Politics

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

Unfortunately the global warming hysteria, as I see it, is driven by politics more than by science.

Make-believe colors the past with innocent distortion, and it swirls ahead of us in a thousand ways - in science, in politics, in every bold intention.

Science and democracy are the right and left hands of what I'll refer to as the move from the realm of necessity to the realm of freedom.

Neither science, nor the politics in power, nor the mass media, nor business, nor the law nor even the military are in a position to define or control risks rationally.

Jokes of the proper kind, properly told, can do more to enlighten questions of politics, philosophy, and literature than any number of dull arguments.

Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous.

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made into a celestial party chairman.

As a microbiologist, I am particularly concerned with Mr. Bush's blatant disregard for science.

The Highways of America are built chiefly of politics, whereas the proper material is crushed rock or concrete.

I find it greatly disturbing that the Bush administration has used political and religious ideologies to influence national policy on science and medicine.

First-world science is one science among many; by claiming to be more it ceases to be an instrument of research and turns into a (political) pressure group.

Science differs from politics or religion, in precisely this one discipline: we agree in advance to simply reject our own findings when they have been shown to be in error.

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.

When a politician says, concerning an issue involving science, that the debate is over, you may be sure the debate is rolling on and not going swimmingly for his side.

Theory-free science makes about as much sense as value-free politics.

It does not help that some politicians and journalists assume the public is interested only in those aspects of science that promise immediate practical applications to technology or medicine.

University politics make me long for the simplicity of the Middle East.

I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.

There is no such thing as political science, but there are tenancies so strong that they might as well be called laws of nature.

Every Iraqi would I know would rather have Saddam back... I mean like... that does not even take rocket science.

One must divide one's time between politics and equations. But our equations are much more important to me, because politics is for the present, while our equations are for eternity.

Politics doesn't mean playing deceitful and trickery games against the people, it means playing resourceful and organized games for the people.