Political Quotes

I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political agenda.

There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal.

Political movements always belong to the young.

I have reaffirmed my political will to work towards national unity.

This gets back to the fundamental lesson of political survival that Bill Clinton taught me, which is if you make it about the American people's lives instead of your life, you're going to be okay.

What the poor, the weak, and the inarticulate desperately require is power, organization, and a sense of identity and purpose, not rarefied advice of political scientists.

Their final objective toward which all their deceit is directed is to capture political power so that, using the power of the state and the power of the market simultaneously, they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.

I am not protesting against the conduct of the war, but against the political errors and insincerities for which the fighting men are being sacrificed.

As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music.

It's impossible, I think, however much I'd become disillusioned politically or evolve into a post-political person, I don't think I'd ever change my view that socialism is the best political moment humans have ever come up with.

I am an artist and a political being as well.

There was just this amazing individuality. It's just a whole different world of optimism and fearlessness, women taking off their bras and dancing around naked, and a political hopefulness and involvement.

This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.

Until politics are a branch of science we shall do well to regard political and social reforms as experiments rather than short-cuts to the millennium.

As someone who's been covering presidential campaigns since the 1950s, I have no delusions about political reporting. Candidates bargaining access to get the kind of news coverage they want is nothing new.

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service.

If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

I would hope to inspire in my listeners a feeling of freedom - of speech, thought and political activity.

I was doing political cartoons and getting angry to the point where I felt I was going to have to start making and throwing bombs. I thought I was probably a better cartoonist than a bomb maker.

Obama's view of the tax code is inherently political: Whom can we hit next? Energy companies, jet owners, bankers? Instead, the question should be how to promote economic efficiency by raising revenue without trying to manipulate corporate or personal behavior.

I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

The good news, though, is that I find in my political travels that people, as regular citizens, are more interested than ever in getting together and having discussions. They want to hear about other viewpoints that differ entirely from what the administration is putting out.

It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes; and yet she will be woman still.

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

We have learned in recent years to translate almost all of political life in terms of conspiracy. And the spy novel, as never before, really, has come into its own.

It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.

It's clear to me now that we've got to reach out to the Arab Sunni community in particular in an effort to cause some moderate political activity to take place so they join the future of Iraq.

I'm very wary of large groups of people getting together and trying to believe the same thing. It never seems to end well, whether it's political or religious or whatever.

By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties.