Political Quotes

It is true you cannot eat freedom and you cannot power machinery with democracy. But then neither can political prisoners turn on the light in the cells of a dictatorship.

The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government.

As we saw in the Queen's Speech, anti-social behaviour - a phenomenon that I believe to be a genuine worry that is also being fed by a lot of scare stories - is the political theme of the moment.

Coming out is the most political thing you can do.

I love history because when you strip away the social and political aspects, it's really just a bunch of fun stories.

I'm moved to think about the political state of our country right now. Most people who go out and vote have a very clear sense of what's right and wrong. And a lot of those people who don't aren't sure, so they don't go out and vote.

I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.

It not infrequently happens that persons without any other special qualification than the drama of their lives are precipitated into important political positions.

The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph of the latter.

And let me take one of the explanations most commonly given: Analysts were pressured to reach conclusions that would fit the political agenda of one or another administration. I deeply think that is a wrong explanation.

Loyalty of the law-making power to the executive power was one of the dangers the political fathers foretold.

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

Yes, for my undergrad I majored in Criminal Justice and minored in Political Science and English.

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political.

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

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.

You can't do anything that's not political in this time and age.

I had two different degrees: One in International Relations/Political Science and another degree in Radio and Television Production.

Political debate with liberals is basically impossible in America today because liberals are calling names while conservatives are trying to make arguments.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

You know as a scientist that both were developed completely independently of each other in the laboratories. And only afterward were the political situations contrived out of which they could be justified.

The rule of law should be upheld by all political parties. They should neither advise others to break the law, nor encourage others to do so even when they strongly disagree with the legislation put forward by the government of the day.

The absence of political personalities in the government will help rather than hinder a solid base of support for the government in parliament and in the political parties because it will remove one ground for disagreement.

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties.

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs.

Hatred is not contained in political thinking. Any hatred worked up against the public enemy is non-political, and always shows some weakness in the internal political situation.

My father was a statesman, I am a political woman. My father was a saint. I am not.

Our arguments - and those of hundreds more Venezuelans suffering the same injustice - are clear and forceful: political disqualification violates laws in Venezuela and throughout the continent.

Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.