Quotes About Politics

Democrats have long held an advantage over Republicans on health care, mostly due to a perceived empathy problem in my party.

September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That's all to the good.

The ability of the president to be perceived as someone with whom all Israelis can identify depends on his ability to avoid being a party to debate.

Momentum has always counted for something, not everything, but it's always perceived as being something that matters in American politics.

One of the clear problems of Obamacare is that it was perceived, I think rightly, as one party forcing its vision of how healthcare should be upon the rest of the country.

I was 100 percent political in the '80s - the first time around, let's call it, my first life as an artist.

I support the president 100 percent - when he's right.

If you're going to try to win an election, you can't be 80 percent. You can't say, I'm for what my Democratic opponent is, for but not quite so much of it.

I didn't really feel 100 percent comfortable until we started working on the 2004 election.

We don't want someone who will get 98 percent of the vote. We want someone who will get 51 percent of the vote.

The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.

The perception a lot of folks have of the Clintons, even folks who are Democrats, see the Clintons as bending the rules.

Nationalism and anti-nationalism is a matter of perception. You cannot mandate who is a nationalist and what is not.

The overwhelming message I was getting is that people were sick of politicians fighting amongst themselves and sick of the perception that politicians were in it for themselves and not the community.

There seems to be this perception that there was some seat waiting out there for me, that Greens were absolutely guaranteed to win - and there wasn't.

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change.

Perceptions are essential in politics.

Fascism will come at the hands of perfectly authentic Americans.

Secretary Clinton is perfectly capable of defending her own service in office.

The Brits are perfectly capable of managing the Brits and don't need Brussels telling them how to manage things.

I don't like the fact that C.F.P.B. exists, I will be perfectly honest with you.

What I love so much about drag is that it has politics at its very core; drag performers aren't afraid to talk about politics in our community and the changes we need to see systemically in society.

Honestly, I'm interested in politics; I'm interested in giving back in some form, performing some sort of civic duty. But I'm not exploring a run for governor or senator or anything along those lines. I'm focused on running Disney.