Quotes About Government

I don't even like the word politics. It implies something underhanded and I think we need less government.

Politics never takes a holiday in Chicago.

I was on leave from local and regional politics, as long as I was a Minister.

Real politics are the possession and distribution of power.

I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.

As soon as I set foot in the parliamentary Sinai, I ceased to be in touch with the masses.

We are now vibrating between too much and too little government, and the pendulum will rest finally in the middle.

We gotta control inflation, quit spending our money on everything. But this years tax increase, why it's the biggest in history.

Men in high levels of government seldom surf.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

A disordered currency is one of the greatest political evils.

Social security isn't a ponzi scheme. It's not bankrupting us. It's not an outrage. It is working.

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

Distracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby.

We all joke about Congress but we can't improve on them. Have you noticed that no matter who we elect, he is just as bad as the one he replaces?

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

The Senate just sits and waits till they find out what the president wants, so they know how to vote against him.

In politics intentions count for nothing; actions are what matter.

Politics and life go hand in hand.

She didn't know a lot about politics – yet – but she'd learned enough in her history classes to know politics could always be counted on to make a bad situation worse.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

It gave dirty politics a bad name.

Politics is a good thing!

Country comes before politics.