Politics Quotes

Libertarianism is a theory of politics that is so compelling that once you have absorbed it, it becomes the lens through which you end up understanding all economic and political events.

Only fanatics — in religion as well as in politics — can find a meaning in someone else’s death.

.......the truth is, while the FBI is hiding behind the 5th Amendment, the Unabomer is qualifying for Social Security as a terrorist. Beam me up, Mr. Speaker.

The only motive that can keep politics pure is the motive of doing good for one's country and its people.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

The Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. I think it's a good rule for politics, too.

If you lead, you will eventually serve with Judas or Peter.

Consul - in American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.

The spirit of the First Amendment has been effectively repealed for conservative speech by a censorious, accusatory mob.

We've had the trivialization of our politics going on ever since we had electronic media.

All efforts to render politics aesthetic culminate in one thing: war.

Now the sole remedy for the abuse of political power is to limit it; but when politics corrupt business, modern reformers invariably demand the enlargement of the political power.

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics.

Politics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.

The policies of all powers are inherent in their geography.

To say Congress is spending like drunken sailors is an insult to drunken sailors.

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

I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse.

Those who have been eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, and the arts have all had tendencies toward melancholia.

I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara-I'll think about it tomorrow.

Women are young at politics, but they are old at suffering; soon they will learn that through politics they can prevent some kinds of suffering.

Identity politics are becoming less important since culture's being blended into one big thing - I look at kids' Tumblrs and they're all into the same things.

People still laugh at me in politics, they think I won't make it; but I think I will, after Harold Wilson, I will be your next Chancellor to become Prime Minister.

...one is reminded that [John Kerry, D-MA] really just a better-looking Ted Kennedy, a richer Michael Dukakis.

There's no such thing as a genius in politics, or at least I have never met one. There are only human beings, some better than others, who rise or fall on the challenges they meet.

The fact is that a liberal Democrat doesn't want to talk about ideology because they don't want to explain publicly what they're really doing.

Did you weep for the children who lost their dear loved ones and pray for the ones who don't know? Did you rejoice for the people who walked from the rubble, and sob for the ones left below?

Sure it's a big job; but I don't know anyone who can do it better than I can.

Yeah, exactly, you can talk about politics in music, you can talk about something else, but that's always going to change, and love is never going to change.

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.

It is dangerous to play politics with the Budget.

I've always been most interested in the politics of everyday life: your relation to whatever you're doing, or what your ambitions are, where you live, where you find yourself in the social hierarchy.

You either get free stuff or you get freedom. You cannot have both and you need to make a choice.

Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.

The future lies with those wise political leaders who realize that the great public is interested more in government than in politics.

Because just as good morals, if they are to be maintained, have need of the laws, so the laws, if they are to be observed, have need of good morals.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as it is born, and carries itself the causes of its destruction.

I'm not going to play politics on the floor of the House of Commons.

Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world, the mottos of which are: 'To take is more blessed than to give'; 'buy cheap and sell dear'; 'one soiled hand washes the other.

I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport.

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics.

Politics is like air and water. And you know if there is bad politics. Everyone is polluted. Everyone is unhealthy. See the people walking on the street: how they act.

The test of political institutions is the condition of the country whose future they regulate.

The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.

The blunt truth about the politics of climate change is that no country will want to sacrifice its economy in order to meet this challenge.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

Our politics suffers from a shortage of people who put character and country before career and personal gain.

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can do pretty well in politics.