Monday, August 31, 2009

U.S. Prohibition Party

"Strive to enhance the freedom and dignity of the individual and to protect the welfare of the family. Let's work together in a political party which seeks to implement social policies advocated by thoughtful people of many religious traditions."

-- U.S. Prohibition Party.
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Sunday, August 30, 2009

John McCain on Politics

"The problem... is that most members of Congress don't pay attention to what's going on."

-- John McCain, United States Senator.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

John Locke on Politics

"Government has no other end, but the preservation of property."

-- John Locke, English philosopher.
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Friday, August 28, 2009

Jim Hightower on Politics

"Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom."

-- Jim Hightower, American author.
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Thursday, August 27, 2009

Lyndon B. Johnson on Politics

"I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day."

-- Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the United States.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Howard Phillips on Politics

"The Democrats will take us over the cliff at 80 miles an hour. The Republicans will stay within the speed limit, but they'll still take us over the cliff."

-- Howard Phillips, Constitution Party presidential candidate.
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Robert Higgs on Politics

"Since the end of the nineteenth century, if not earlier, presidents have misled the public about their motives and their intentions in going to war."

-- Robert Higgs, American economist.
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Monday, August 24, 2009

August Bebel on Politics

"We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism."

-- August Bebel, German social democrat.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

Sean Penn on Politics

"I was brought up in a country that relished fear-based religion, corrupt government and an entire white population living on stolen property that they murdered for and that is passed on from generation to generation."

-- Sean Penn, American entertainer.
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

DeForest Soaries on Politics

"My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't be too bad because it produced them."

-- DeForest Soaries, American politician.
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Friday, August 21, 2009

Ron Paul on Politics

"Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy."

-- Ron Paul, United States Congressman.
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Thursday, August 20, 2009

George Mitchell on Politics

"Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics."

-- George Mitchell, United States Senator.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Bill Clinton on Politics

"The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime."

-- Bill Clinton, President of the United States.
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

David E. Price on Politics

"I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history."

-- David E. Price, United States Congressman.
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Monday, August 17, 2009

Norm Coleman on Politics

"It is easy to criticize, particularly in a political season. But to lead is something altogether different. The leader must live in the real world of the price that might be paid for the goal that has been set."

-- Norm Coleman, United States Senator.
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Sunday, August 16, 2009

Judy Biggert on Politics

"I also believe that the Supreme Court should be the final arbiter of all federal questions."

-- Judy Biggert, United States Congresswoman.
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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics

"A Constitution should be short and obscure."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
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Friday, August 14, 2009

William Randolph Hearst on Politics

"A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot."

-- William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher.
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Thursday, August 13, 2009

Fidel Castro on capitalism

"I find capitalism repugnant. It is filthy, it is gross, it is alienating... because it causes war, hypocrisy and competition."

-- Fidel Castro, President of Cuba.
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Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Thomas Jefferson on Politics

The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not."

-- Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
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Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Thomas Mann on Politics

"Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness."

-- Thomas Mann, German author.
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Monday, August 10, 2009

Herbert Hoover on Politics

"About the time we can make the ends meet, somebody moves the ends."

-- Herbert Hoover, President of the United States.
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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Art Spander on Politics

“The great thing about democracy is that it gives every voter a chance to do something stupid.”

-- Art Spander, American author.
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Saturday, August 8, 2009

Jesse Jackson on Politics

"If you run, you might lose. If you don't run, you're guaranteed to lose."

-- Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist.
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Friday, August 7, 2009

Powell Clayton on Politics

"Let's trace the birth of an idea. It's born as rampant radicalism, then it becomes progressivism, then liberalism, then it becomes moderated conservative, outmoded, and gone."

-- Powell Clayton, Governor of Arkansas.
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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Daniel O'Connell on Politics

"There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong."

-- Daniel O'Connell, Irish politician.
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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

World Socialist Party of the United States

"The establishment of a system of society based on the common ownership and democratic control of the means and instruments for producing and distributing wealth by and in the interest of society as a whole."

-- World Socialist Party of the United States.
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Barack Obama on Politics

"I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."

-- Barack Obama, President of the United States.
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Richard Lamm on Politics

"Christmas is a time when kids tell Santa what they want and adults pay for it. Deficits are when adults tell the government what they want - and their kids pay for it."

-- Richard Lamm, Governor of Colorado.
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Sunday, August 2, 2009

William Greider on Politics

"Americans cannot teach democracy to the world until they restore their own."

-- William Greider, American author.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Socialist Labor Party of America

"Our goal is a classless society based on collective ownership and control of the industries and social services, these to be administered in the interests of all society through a Socialist Industrial Union government composed of democratically elected representatives from all the industries and services of the land."

-- Socialist Labor Party of America.
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