Politics Quotes

I have learned to be less confident in the conclusions of human reason, and give more credit to the honesty of contrary opinions.

We are completely saddled and bridled, and... the bank is so firmly mounted on us that we must go where it will guide.

No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it.

It is painful to behold a man employing his talents to corrupt himself.

In the progress of politics, as in the common occurrences of life, we are not only apt to forget the ground we have travelled over, but frequently neglect to gather up experiences as we go.

It is unpleasant to see character throw itself away.

"Government," says Swift, "is a plain thing, and fitted to the capacity of many heads."

The reason so many problems do not get solved in Washington is that solving those problems is not the No. 1 priority: Re-election is.

Politics is largely the process of taking credit and putting the blame on others - regardless of what the facts may be.

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.

Liberia is not at the center of a massive geopolitical game. Afghanistan is and has always been. The history is dramatic, the politics are dramatic, the landscape is incredibly dramatic.

My position is not that John Kerry is either Jesus Christ or the prophet Mohammad. My position is that John Kerry is the possibility of restarting politics.

Right now, we have no possibility of politics because we have a one-party state.

Well, It's a Communist country, and the Communists do not reward personal initiative...except by execution.

We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.

We will also never bring up the permanent tax cut the president is advocating.

We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.

Politics is like driving. To go backward put it in R. To go forward put it in D.

When I campaigned, I'd let them throw a punch, but by gosh, I'd throw two back. I always said, the first rule in politics is never defend, always attack. I still believe that.

What I've found in working less is you start to get a bit more involved in the more real politics, which is local politics that affect what's going on in your own community.

The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.

Everything is so weird in politics that it's very hard to be funny about it, I think.

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.

When we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.

A monkey was the President, though maybe not the first. And there was peace and harmony throughout the universe.

Politics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.

I'm losing the definition now of politics. I sort of don't know what that is anymore. People say politically correct, I don't know what that means. I know what they think they mean.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

Faith is important to me. It's important to millions of Australians. It helps to shape who I am. It helps to shape my values. But it must never, never dictate my politics.

If you're going to make sense of politics you have to have a historical perspective and also recognise that you have to work with people you don't agree with.

I am a public library

In developing our industrial strategy for the period ahead, we have the benefit of much experience. Almost everything has been tried at least once

Marxism is now a world faith and must be allowed to enter into a continuous dialogue with other world faiths, including religious faiths

She believes in something. It is an old-fashioned idea

I'm afraid that's in the nature of modern politics - it's as much conducted by abuse as argument.

One of the most important things in politics is you've got to keep your mind infinitely curious and alive to what is happening differently.

Politics may be the art of the possible; but, at least in life, give the impossible a go.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.

So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.

I always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.

I've always found that avoiding insanity is useful in life - which in American politics sometimes puts one in the minority.

We're going to prevent politics from abusing the parliament and going off playing politics around the country when they should be here at work.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work.

I'm not really much into politics, because it's rarely discussed in my line of work, but I know that Barack Obama is trying his best, and that at some point down the road, he's going to get it right.

To me, politics is a pile of tricks.

My suspension was a long-planned move... and was done to protect would-be convicts in Romanian politics.

I try not to tune in to politics until it's two or three months before the election. Till then, it's like watching preseason football.

I'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.

Niggaz need guns, too.