Quotes About Politics

The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.

Why allow John Boehner or Nancy Pelosi to dominate your book group when Jefferson, Lincoln, and King are in the room?

There is more than one way to be Kluxed, and we need to think about ourselves and the kind of people we elect into public office.

I recall Ghandi said ultimately all things devolve into the political, but I'd argue that all things devolve into pro-people and anti-people. And I can pose the question, which side are you on?

Since 1789 nearly 2000 men and women had served in the U.S. Senate. Those folks could be divided into two broad classes—workhorses and show horses. One got things done, the other took the credit or assigned blame. Of late, that dichotomy had been brought into sharp focus, as the Senate seemed overrun by show horses.

Nearly every president had wanted a second term, despite the fact that history clearly taught the last four years would be nothing like the first. Either the president became overly aggressive, knowing he had nothing to lose, which alienated both supporters and detractors. Or he became cautious, placid, and docile, not wanting to do anything that might affect his legacy.

If men were angels, no government would be necessary - James Madison

Aren't you the president? Don't they all work for you?" "I'm a president with not much more than a year left in office. They don't really care what I think or do anymore. They're more interested in the next person who'll be sitting in this chair.

no different from the myriad of other politicos he'd bought and sold from around the world, men and women eager for power and lacking in conscience.

I checked," the 4th District representative said. "The count hasn't

But we must remember Hitler was able to rise not from an abundance of Nazis, but rather because they were simply too few Democrats. – Female correspondent

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have to ability afterwards to explain why it did not happen. - William Churchill

In 1920 the National Socialist Party was thought to be a joke," Eisenhuth said. "By 1933 it ruled Germany. If history has taught us nothing else, we have learned that we must defend ourselves against extremism Ã¢â'¬Â¦ from the beginning.

The people who cast votes decide nothing. The people who count votes decide everything.

Perhaps he could encourage the House to impeach the idiot." She shook her head. "That only amplifies the problem. Everybody loves to scream impeachment. But that's not a tool to undo elections. The people chose Warner Fox. The fact that he may be incompetent is really not at issue. They've already decided they want him to lead them.

Religion is a concept created by humans and long used by humans for political advantage. That's historical fact.

Who gives a damn what the United States Senate thinks? It lost its ability to have an opinion on this when it decided it was better than everyone else.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.

No one cares about some ex-vice-president or president

The first George Bush. And

God save me from politicians, Christians, or pagans who think they are my mother!

Communicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing.

I usually call these endless discussions "religious debates," because they have a lot in common with most discussions of religion and politics: They consist largely of people expressing strongly held personal beliefs about things that can't be proven—supposedly in the interest of agreeing on the best way to do something important

They extolled America as the "great melting pot" and in the next breath engaged in dangerous games, pitting one group against another, then summed it all up by saying that "Americans needed to come together!