Quotes About Politics

If immigration reform was easy, Congress would have dealt with it 15 years ago.

In politics, reform never comes before crisis.

If Donald Trump wants to pass comprehensive immigration reform, I will work with Donald Trump.

One such issue that Arkansans want action taken on is campaign finance reform. And this is a problem that is not really all that complicated.

Only in Washington can the pursuit of a conservative agenda, with centrist policies, be depicted as liberal reform.

I have gone from a proponent of campaign finance reform to a revolutionary during my time in public service.

Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's a lot more complicated when you talk to highly funded leaders - that's the innate, deeply problematic part of our politics.

I appreciate that Marco Rubio has called for immigration reform but he goes back and forth on it a little bit.

You notice how liberals keep saying, 'If only Islam would have a Reformation' - it can't have one. It says it can't. It's extremely dangerous in that way.

I am an electoral reformer and an ex-Lib Dem.

It seems to be impossible to hold a credible election without reforming the electoral system.

My whole deal is reforming, changing, shaking up Washington. It sure needs it.

How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.

My government is committed to carrying out electoral reforms. It is our firm resolve to keep criminal elements away from power.

The 2016 presidential election is ripe for the emergence of a game-changing political leader who either dramatically reforms one of the existing parties or mounts an independent bid.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

We need to give the prime minister of the day a chance. If he or she cannot win an election, so be it. But no prime minister can push through the reforms we need if they cannot even finish a term in office.

I think people are quite refreshed with politicians who aren't concerned with what Arctic Monkeys track they like, but with the day-to-day, dull business of politics.

I said I'm going to vote for Hillary. But my philosophy is that everything's workable. If Trump is president, I'll work with that guy. I don't know if he's terrible or what. He's refreshing in that he doesn't speak in that political way. I don't quite understand why everybody hates Hillary so much.

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the merits of guns.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

We can't turn Italy into a refugee camp.

I will not support any peace deal that will allow the return of even one Palestinian refugee to Israel.

We don't need to bring 100,000 refugees in from the Middle East.