Political Quotes

• As you get drawn more and more into other activities, like political activities, very demanding, you have to find different rhythms of writing; I think that's the word I'm looking for, rhythms of creativity which then, of course, become very intense. I think your writing then tends to be very intensified simply because there are other demands which seem equally important.

  

  Wole Soyinka
  • Different
  • Important
  • Demand

• It is fascinating to watch politicians come up with 'solutions' to problems that are a direct result of their previous solutions. In many cases, the most efficient thing to do would be to repeal their previous solution and stop being so gung-ho for creating new solutions in the future. But, politically, that is the last thing they will do.

  

  Thomas Sowell
  • Problem
  • Politician
  • Direct

• You can make even a parrot into a learned political economist - all he must learn are the two words "supply" and "demand."

  

  Thomas Carlyle
  • Political
  • Learned
  • Economist

• I mean to live my life an obedient man, but obedient to God, subservient to the wisdom of my ancestors; never to the authority of political truths arrived at yesterday at the voting booth.

  

  William Francis Buckley
  • Men
  • Mean
  • Voting

• Everyone I knew, including my new friends in Jordan, expressed horror at the realities of the Holocaust. But they resented, as I was growing to, how Arabs were cast as the aggressors in the dispute between Israel and the Arab countries, when it was their land that had been seized to resolve a European political problem.

  

  Queen Noor of Jordan
  • Friends
  • Growing
  • Holocaust

• The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections that look like the Taliban could hold most of the country, and possibly Kabul, within perhaps a short time. I can't imagine how Afghanistan's fall isn't going to be ten times faster than Iraq's. The role of women in that space is terrifying, and the idea of retribution is a nightmare.

  

  Eliza Griswold
  • Women
  • Game
  • Imagine

• If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

  

  Milton Friedman
  • Government
  • Desert
  • Socialism

• Unless you work at the Republican National Committee or some other conservatively affiliated organization, people's personal political preferences should not be a criterion for employment or comfort in the workplace.

  

  Emily Yoffe
  • Comfort
  • Republican
  • Workplace

• Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.

  

  Joe Slovo
  • Political
  • Struggle
  • Goals

• I want to say that Russia is developing along a democratic path, this is without question so. No one should have any doubts about that. The fact that, amidst political rivalry and some other domestic developments, we see things happen here that are typical of other countries, I do not see anything unusual in it. We have rallies, opposition rallies. And people here have the right to express their point of view. However, if people, while expressing their views, break the current legislation, the effective law in place, then of course, the law enforcement agencies try to restore order.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • People
  • Country
  • Doubt

• I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.

  

  Lois Lowry
  • Mind
  • Political
  • Religious

• What about self-awareness, the mysterious ability of the brain to reflect upon itself? Self-awareness can be tampered with by brainwashing, psychoactive drugs, electrical stimulation, political or religious propaganda, even advertising. A lifetime in front of a TV set may be the equivalent of a self transplant.

  

  Chet Raymo
  • Brain
  • Religious
  • Drug

• The social model of the Bolsheviks failed, as will any model that denies individual rights, intellectual freedom, and freedom of competing political parties. Without these freedoms and rights, there is no motivation for people to work. Such a system cannot be sustained, especially in light of the technological revolution of the information era.

  

  Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Revolution
  • Information
  • motivation

• Essential to the self-image of conservatives is the notion that they are enemies of an established orthodoxy, insurgents against the dogmatic political correctness that predominates on the Left.

  

  Jacob Weisberg
  • Political

• I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

  

  Sebastian Arcelus
  • Political
  • Concentration

• All political movements are basically anti-creative - since a political movement is a form of war.

  

  William S. Burroughs
  • War
  • Creative
  • Form

• Marriage is no substitute for political experience.

  

  Sharad Pawar
  • Political
  • Substitutes

• I don't write political plays in the sense that I'm writing essays that are kind of disguised as plays. I would really defy anyone to watch any of my plays and say 'Well, here's the point.'

  

  Tony Kushner
  • Writing
  • Kind
  • Play

• Relativity was a highly technical new theory that gave new meanings to familiar concepts and even to the nature of the theory itself. The general public looked upon relativity as indicative of the seemingly incomprehensible modern era, educated scientists despaired of ever understanding what Einstein had done, and political ideologues used the new theory to exploit public fears and anxieties-all of which opened a rift between science and the broader culture that continues to expand today.

  

  David C. Cassidy
  • Science
  • Culture
  • Understanding

• Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

  

  George Bernard Shaw
  • Political

• Everything in our political life tends to hide from us that there is anything wiser than our ordinary selves.

  

  Matthew Arnold
  • Life
  • Political

• This is the political culture of the United States, which one should accept as is. The United States is a great country and it deserves non-interference and no third-party comments.

  

  Vladimir Putin
  • Country
  • Culture
  • Accepting

• Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince words either, but instead of political battles, these songs suggest he's fighting personal ones.

  

  Will Hermes
  • Fighting
  • Comeback
  • Nuclear

• The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.

  

  Dave Matthews Dave Matthews Band
  • Political
  • Religious

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