Quotes About Government

A political satirist's job is to draw blood. I'm not so much interested in politics as I am in overthrowing the government.

Politics is a thankless occupation; I have no interest in it at all.

The welfare system is the breeding ground of crime, addiction and radical politics.

Trump is bringing his business acumen to politics. That's something that politicians don't have: business acumen, many of them. And so they don't recognize it, and they don't understand it.

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

People, not just reporters, are more interested in politics than in government, so the actual issues wouldn't be something that interested them.

The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law."

Half of Japan still couldn't tell the difference between crime and politics.

Under New Labour, only the future is certain. The past keeps changing

Sales of George Orwell's 1984 have skyrocketed. It's true. So the fallout from the (NSA spying) scandal is worse than we thought. It's forcing Americans to read.

Senators are a never-ending source of amusement, amazement, and discouragement.

The atmosphere in which social legislation is considered is not a friend of truth.

Professional politicians like to talk about the value of experience in government. Nuts! The only experience you gain in politics is how to be political.

I am interested in politics only in order to secure and protect freedom.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the archetypal extremely smart person who went into politics anyway instead of doing something worthwhile for his country.

You wonder sometimes how our government puts on its pants in the morning.

Mr. Speaker, I once again find myself compelled to vote against the annual budget resolution for a very simple reason: it makes government bigger.

There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business.

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it's an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

The American people are fed up...with political posturing.' True, but also an example of political posturing.

Nobody is sure of his life, property and health when the parliament deliberates.

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again.

It's August, which means Congress is on recess and Mitch McConnell has shimmied back into the ocean to seek a mate.