Quotes About Politics

Most Americans don't care about gay marriage.

Was President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage crassly political? God, I hope so.

The main difference between liberals and conservatives is that conservatives are honest about it. We're kind of dorks about it. We are kind of like Dungeons and Dragons geeks.

You know, in Russia we say there are three things you can't choose: your parents, your gender and your president.

I don't think it's at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when their experiences, their character, and in my case, gender, may be different.

We're able to choose our candidate not based on gender or sex or anything else other than their ideas.

Full social and political engagement is impossible without economic empowerment, a point that is as true for women as it is for young people of either gender.

I was a fan of the idea of Red Sonja, but the gender politics of the character made her hard to read, for me, at times.

I've never done gender politics - I think our vote is too important to give away on any single issue.

Leaders talk about gender equality but it is not seen during selection of candidates. They will talk about winnability and a woman candidate seldom fulfils the criteria unless she is from a political family.

I think we do want a front-runner from the Republican Party who can win the general election.

When you have a general election result you don't like, you don't have another general election.

Most people aren't Republicans four generations down from a president.

The PRI can afford to push democratization; it can afford to be generous because it has a very good chance of winning in clean elections.

I'm really into 'Veep.' I think that the showrunner Armando Iannucci is a genius.

Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.

I'm a Republican but I have a lot of respect for Byron Brown. He's a gentleman. He's bright, engaging, community-focused, and resourceful.

I have always believed that genuine democracy is fairness.

I don't want to watch 'Newsnight.' I just don't understand those politicians who genuinely want to watch it for pleasure.

I didn't eat for two days when Bill Clinton won, but after Obama's election, I was genuinely depressed.

In a genuinely conservative district like mine, it's hard to out-Republican me.

Even people who aren't engaged on the actual battlefield - the effects of war reach out like tentacles into families, into economies, into the changing geography, into politics. It shakes up everything.

The issues are always the same. Racism, war, poverty, the geography changes.

I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.