Quotes About Politics

That settled Abraham Lincoln with me. I was thoroughly satisfied that no such man ought to be President; but I could not yet conceive it possible that such a monster would be the choice of a majority of the people for President.

When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.

Consistently, Baidu has censored politically sensitive search results much more thoroughly than Google.cn.

Obama is thoroughly mixed up with all these things he's got. He's got to solve Libya. He's got to solve Afghanistan. He's everywhere. And this nation, I don't know why it's not showing the leadership and capacity to attend different issues at the same time.

When the presidential debates are on, I'll watch that like it's the Super Bowl. I actually thoroughly enjoy that. I always have.

I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.

I believe in Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, thou shall not speak unfavorably of another Republican.

I'm a Republican myself, though I think there are actually some Democrats in Lynyrd Skynyrd.

The bull market, rising prices, earning lots of money, make it seem as if the good days will never end. When prices are falling and there is a recession, that also feels as though it will last for ever. Politics is the same. People simply can't imagine changing circumstances.

Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate President Obama and the Democrats.

Since 1994, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have considered it politically risky to offer a plan to fix America's broken health care system. The American public, though, has paid the price for this silence as health care costs skyrocketed, millions went uninsured, and millions more grappled with financial insecurity and hardship.

Intersectionality is not easy. It's not as though the existing frameworks that we have - from our culture, our politics, or our law - automatically lead people to being conversant and literate in intersectionality.

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Sincerity with innocence, though cute, though it makes good movies, makes for very bad government.

Though President George W. Bush made some small noises about his intention to present some form of improved health coverage, nothing grew out of them.

Kindness and compassion aren't political qualities even though they get politicized.

I've always sort of thought that politics was a high and noble calling and a good thing to do.

To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought.

I supported Barack Obama. I wasn't very quiet about my support. I thought he was going to be a refreshing change to George Bush. But what has happened is that we have an election that's become a single-issue election, and that issue is Barack Obama. And he's an icon to both sides.

Republicans and Democrats know Xavier Becerra to be a thoughtful leader who is always willing to listen to both sides.

All government is a mess. Democracy is always messy. It's meant to be messy because smooth, thoughtful, precise, effective government leads to dictatorship. Don't get me wrong, dictatorship is fine - as long as I'm the dictator. But if you're not the dictator, not so good.

People like to think about MPs in very crass terms: you're either an uber-loyalist babe, or you're a rebel. There isn't any grown-up room to be thoughtful. There isn't space in public debate for that.

Like most thoughtful people who watch what's going on in Washington, venting is very necessary.

When you join a political party, you are attaching yourself with an organisation of skilled people. And when you work with an organisation, your working capacity becomes double. One can perform better with the help of an organisation to implement their thoughts.