Quotes About Politics

And the black politicians…my God. I've watched black aldermen do patently illegal things and then brag about it. They don't care whether something is legal or not." "White politicians abused the system for years, Caitlin. They just did it in a more subtle way." "I know that. But is that an excuse for blacks to repeat the abuses of the old system? The system Martin Luther King and Malcolm X died to dismantle?

I'm not sure Shad's worried about that. You said it yourself, his concern is the special election. That means making good on his promise to make the system equal, i.e., to nail a rich white man. That's what will get Shad a unified black vote. I expect Judge Minor to move as fast as legally possible.

Iran's been in the Stone Age for decades. You checked out their politics?

Jesus never allowed himself to be defined by the political conflicts of his day, and neither should we.

History teaches that the best way to destroy the Church is to give it political power.

We've got two parties." "No you do not. You have only the party of the banks, of the money men, and they divide it into two pieces for your voting.

but there's no nation uncorrupted. there's no system that's immune to the misuse of money.

And money, if the pile gets high enough, is something like a big political party: it does as much harm as it does good, it puts too much power in too few hands, and the closer you come to it the dirtier you get.

The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business.

All political systems favour the powerful rich over the defenceless poor.

The only force more ruthless and cynical than the business of big politics is the politics of big business. But

Politics isn't lying. It's the art of knowing who's lying.

A politician is someone who promises you a bridge, even when there's no river.

hate politics, and politicians even more. They make a religion of being greedy. It's unforgivable.

I have a memory of my fourth-grade self wanting to be the first woman president of the United States, but I think that has a lot more to do with my love of world records and reference books than a love of serving my country.

When the planes crashed into the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001, Bush immediately identified what he thought was the true cause. It was because the Muslims were jealous of the freedom of the American people. It was because the Muslims were poor. This exposes a lack of understanding of things on his part.

The defining moment in American economic history is when Bill Clinton lobbied to get China into the World Trade Organization. It was the worst political and economic mistake in American history in the last 100 years.

It appears the Kochs are among the most defensive billionaires, preferring the comfy confines of their callous and intellectually dishonest world view.

I like visiting the parliament, listening to the discussions and raising questions. It's a stimulating environment and it opens your world view.

Oh, sure, we have another world war coming, and another great depression, but where are the leaders this time?

The most important accomplishment, I believe, was my voting against the First World War.

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious.

We're living through a time where we are fighting wars fostered by politics, admittedly not on the same scale as the First World War, but with equally tragic realities for our soldiers and their families.

The Second World War is and was constantly being drudged up by Blair and Bush to rationalize the invasion of Iraq.