Quotes About Politics

Actually, today I had to defend the Bush Administration in France again. They refuse to accept, because of their political ideology, that he has actually done more than any American President for Africa. But it's empirically so.

I think politics is a higher build in life. You know? If you diffuse under normal, common sense of a story, you make it political. If you choose a conventional way for a story, or refuse to use the conventional way, you make it political.

There's a cultural expectation that everyone will be immunized, in part to protect the entire population. When people refuse that expectation, they're indulging in a certain kind of political or social immunity.

It takes guts in this country to refuse to be a Democrat or a Republican.

I refuse to listen to Rush Limbaugh. I listen to a lot of conservative radio when I drive around in my car. I refuse to listen to him because he's just ridiculous, just a clown. I love Rachel Maddow obviously.

Decent people must refuse to back Corbyn and his candidates.

I refuse to allow President Trump and Republicans to take away our right to quality, affordable healthcare.

When I was on the London assembly it was quite common for government ministers to refuse to appear.

In politics, sometimes, you dig your heels in and draw a line in the sand and refuse to compromise.

I have flatly refused to be conned by Jyoti Basu and his corrupt government.

I keep my distance from politics. Lots of money has been offered to me for campaigning over the years, and I have always refused. I used to be very politically aware and very opinionated, but I don't want to involve myself.

In the 1990s, Islamists in Algeria won elections like the Brotherhood did in Egypt. The Algerian military refused to allow the Islamists to take power. A war erupted, killing between 100,000 to 200,000 people, depending on which estimates are to be believed.

One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured, why? I mean, it's genuine depraved partisan politics insanity, genuine extremist radical ignoramuses on that network.

My father loved democracy. He loved the ancient Greeks because they invented democracy, and he shared their contempt for those who refused to participate in the political process.

The 'We Have Overcome' generation has run out of intellectual creativity but refuses to leave the political stage.

McConnell's the Senate Republican leader, but he refuses to lead on defunding Obamacare. What good is a leader like that?

When Colin Kaepernick refuses to stand for the anthem, that's both a sports story and a politics story.

If I made a mistake in terms of running for president, the mistake was not in refusing to run in '91.

It's just astonishing to me that the media is so interested in how much it costs to secure our border and has no interest in the cost of refusing to secure our border.

Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.

To regain our political footing, we must prove to moderates that Democrats can make tough choices.

If he wants their labor, let them go to work, without regard to politics.

In many ways, I regard Sharon and Arafat as birds of a feather.

The connection has been lost between the country's direction, especially with regard to the way in which the economy has been run, and the citizen.