David Boaz on Politics

“The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between farmers and city dwellers, but between tax payers and tax consumers”

-- David Boaz, American author.
More Politics

Trygve Lie on Politics

"A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor's throat without having his neighbor notice it."

-- Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician.
More Politics

Johnny Isakson on Politics

"You know they say the most dangerous person in the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip."

-- Johnny Isakson, United States Senator.
More Politics

Woodrow Wilson on Politics

"Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself."

-- Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States.
More Politics

Harry Shearer on Politics

"Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department."

-- Harry Shearer, American entertainer.
More Politics

Mao Zedong on Politics

"War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun."

-- Mao Zedong, Leader of the Communist Party of China.
More Politics

William Blum on Politics

"Propaganda is to a democracy what violence is to a dictatorship."

-- William Blum, American author.
More Politics

William F. Buckley, Jr. on Politics

"I'd rather entrust the government of the United States to the first 400 people listed in the Boston telephone directory than to the faculty of Harvard University."

-- William F. Buckley, Jr., American author.
More Politics

U.S. Peace and Freedom Party

"We are united in our common commitment to socialism, democracy, feminism and unionism and our common opposition to capitalism, imperialism, racism, sexism and elitism."

-- U.S. Peace and Freedom Party.
More Politics

Tom Tancredo on Politics

"The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. The Republican Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of cheap labor, satisfying a very important constituency."

-- Tom Tancredo, United States Conrgressman.
More Politics

Aristotle on Politics

"Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal."

-- Aristotle, philosopher.
More Politics

U.S. Working Families Party

"We fight to hold politicians accountable on the issues working- and middle-class families care about, like good jobs, fair taxes, good schools, reliable public transportation, affordable housing, and universal healthcare."

-- U.S. Working Families Party.
More Politics

Joseph Stalin on Politics

"When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use."

-- Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of USSR Communist Party.
More Politics

Dick Murphy on Politics

"I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials."

-- Dick Murphy, Mayor of San Diego.
More Politics

John Selden on Politics

"The world cannot be governed without juggling."

-- John Selden, English jurist.
More Politics

Donna Brazile on Politics

"If you're not out front defining your vision, your opponent will spend gobs of money to define it for you."

-- Donna Brazile, American political activist.
More Politics

George Washington on Politics

"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments."

-- George Washington, President of the United States.
More Politics

Thomas Sowell on Politics

"One of the most pervasive political visions of our time is the vision of liberals as compassionate and conservatives as less caring."

-- Thomas Sowell, American author.
More Politics

Edward Koch on Politics

"If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the Governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me, 90 cents."

-- Edward Koch, Mayor of New York City.
More Politics

Joseph Sobran on Politics

"Politics is the conspiracy of the unproductive but organized against the productive but unorganized."

-- Joseph Sobran, American author.
More Politics

R. A. Butler on Politics

"In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves."

-- R. A. Butler, British politician.
More Politics

Thomas P. O'Neill on Politics

"It's easier to run for office than to run the office."

-- Thomas P. O'Neill, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
More Politics

L. Neil Smith on Politics

"I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right."

-- L. Neil Smith, American author.
More Politics

Robert Bork on Politics

"A society deadened by a smothering network of laws while finding release in moral chaos is not likely to be either happy or stable."

-- Robert Bork, United States Court of Appeals.
More Politics

Bob Black on Politics

"Liberals say we should end employment discrimination. I say we should end employment."

-- Bob Black, American anarchist.
More Politics

Martin Van Buren on Politics

"As to the presidency, the two happiest days of my life were those of my entrance upon the office and my surrender of it."

-- Martin Van Buren, President of the United States.
More Politics

Hannah Arendt on Politics

"The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error."

-- Hannah Arendt, German-Jewish political theorist.
More Politics

Maurice Barres on Politics

"The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does."

-- Maurice Barres, French politician.
More Politics

Harry Reid on Politics

"It's time that America's government lived by the same values as America's families. It's time we invested in America's future and made sure our people have the skills to compete and thrive in a 21st century economy. That's what Democrats believe."

-- Harry Reid, United States Senator.
More Politics

Shirley Chisholm on Politics

"There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that role must pay a price."

-- Shirley Chisholm, United States Congresswoman.
More Politics