Politics Quotes
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Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience (in this case, the judge or the jury) that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
William O. Douglas
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I don't decide my politics based on the flavour of the month.
Nandan Nilekani
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I lived on the Greek side of Cypress, and I think that's also where my interest in politics really started to come alive. It was the first time that I was told I couldn't go somewhere: My grandfather's house is on the Turkish side, but we were not allowed to go there.
Hannah Simone
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A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.
Carter Glass
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Power in politics, sovereignty in America is with we the people, and that is the path to turning this country around: empowering the people.
Ted Cruz
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People like to see honest persons. So I certainly will advise many young people who want to participate in politics, honesty is the best policy.
Ma Ying-jeou
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
Ian Paisley
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I'm not sophisticated when it comes to politics, when it comes to journalism.
Aaron Sorkin
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A lot of people have asked me whether I am a cynic or take a cynical view of politics and are often surprised when I say that I consider myself an optimist, but an optimist dressed in the robes of a realist.
Beau Willimon
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War is the continuation of politics by other means.
Carl von Clausewitz
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I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.
Gabrielle Giffords
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We do not interfere in U.S. politics... and Europeans expect that America does not interfere in European politics.
Federica Mogherini
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
Yitzhak Navon
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There's not a single chef I know of that does not think about the politics of the food they're serving.
Gail Simmons
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Politics has high and low moments. Sometimes it brings out the better angels of our nature; sometimes baser instincts.
James A. Leach
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I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.
Zac Goldsmith
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After 9/11, I changed a lot of the ways I viewed the world. I realized my comedy and my politics and my view of the world did not match. I had to start writing from my heart.
Hari Kondabolu
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I have donated money to campaigns. And I have been known to take to the street in protest. But I am more committed to my immediate politics than general politics.
Natalie Massenet
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My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.
Kate Clinton
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
H. Rap Brown
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
Van Morrison
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I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
Sir Isaac Brock KB
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Politics is a good thing!
Larry J. Sabato
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Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction.
Talib Kweli Black Star