Quotes About Politics

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides.

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.

It would be impossible to be fact-checking Donald Trump all the time.

I'm glad the government has shut down. Think about it, for the first time in years it's safe to talk on the phone and send emails without anybody listening in.

President Obama is asking Congress to support a military strike in Syria. If they approve, it will be the first time Congress has officially declared war since Obamacare.

On 'Meet the Press' yesterday President Bush was asked what he would do if he lost the election and Bush said, ''Phhh, you mean like last time?'

Republicans let this happen over and over, and there is never anyone to stick up for them. They spend too much time defending themselves.

Stupidity trumps Machiavelli almost every time when you are looking for an explanation.

It's time to recognize that the EU is beyond reform and deserves to be put out of its misery.

I even believe [Donald Trump] won a little after - after the election rethinking, I think if we'd spent a little more time in Minnesota, we would've won Minnesota.

What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties in the House of Commons to get them to support it.

I expect that in 40 years' time I'll be writing political tomes and working for an organisation like Oxfam.

Every time we have an election, we get in worse men and the country keeps right on going. Times have proven only one thing and that is you can't ruin this country even with politics.

Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.

Jerusalem is a time bomb that I fear is just waiting to go off.

During my 2004 presidential campaign, I was fond of saying that it was high time for the Christian right to meet the right Christians.

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

There can come a time when change is so cataclysmic that it changes the fundamentals of how we do our politics.

Once upon a time, I thought that politics was the name we gave to our higher instincts. That was before Margaret Thatcher, who came to power when I was 11 years old.

If a politician is running in your local community who's pro-choice, who's feminist in their thinking, get behind them. Send them some money! If you have no money but have time, lick stamps!

If John Kerry had a dollar for every time he bragged about serving in Vietnam - oh wait, he does.

Gentlemen lacking substantial sympathy with their leader found it to be comfortable to deceive themselves, and raise their hearts at the same time by the easy enthusiasm of noise.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicisation of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanisation of politics.