Quotes About Belief

People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.

By repetition, each lie becomes an irreversible fact upon which other lies are constructed.

God has given me the will and the force to overcome all obstacles.

I've come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics.

When politicians deny anything fiercely, there is a good chance that it will happen.

Any creed whose basic doctrines do not include respect for the creeds of others, is simply power politics masquerading as philosophy.

One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn't that it's right wing but that it's nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politics.

The reason I entered politics was a belief that the people of this country - having achieved so much that was good and noble in our past - had the potential to do amazing things in the future.

This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.

Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed.

Liberalism is essentially the belief that there can be a reconciliation of all difficulties and differences, and since there can't, it is a misleading way to approach politics.

They took your commandments off the schoolhouse walls, they say it's a crime to pray.

If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

Party is organized opinion.

I'm an idealist without illusions.

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.

Sound doctrine is sound politics.

In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.

in politics as in life, what is known is not necessarily what is believed, what is shown is not necessarily what is seen, and what is said is not necessarily what is heard.

Politics can be a factor neither in shaping Islam nor directing Muslims' acts and attitudes in Islam's name.

Nothing commends a radical change to an Englishman more than the belief that it is really conservative.

For Conservatives, seeing is believing; for liberals, believing is seeing.

I was certain that I was not a Marxist, but I did believe firmly that a connection between economics and politics existed.

No longer can we rely on those same people in the media and politics who will say anything to keep a rigged system in place. Instead, we must choose to believe in America.