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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Lysander Spooner on Politics

"The only security men can have for their political liberty, consists in keeping their money in their own pockets."

-- Lysander Spooner, American anarchist.
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William Blum on Politics

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

-- William Blum, American author.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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John Selden on Politics

"The world cannot be governed without juggling."

-- John Selden, English jurist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Joseph Sobran on Politics

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

-- Joseph Sobran, American author.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bob Black on Politics

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

-- Bob Black, American anarchist.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Winston Churchill on Politics

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.

-- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Gary Hart on Politics

"If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets."

-- Gary Hart, United States Senator.
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Friedrich Engels on Politics

"The state is nothing but an instrument of oppression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy."

-- Friedrich Engels, philosopher.
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Richard J. Codey on Politics

"I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution."

-- Richard J. Codey, Governor of New Jersey.
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Harry Browne on Politics

"You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants."

-- Harry Browne, American author.
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Charles Kennedy on Politics

"There are hard choices to be made in balancing the country's security and an individual's liberties. But it is a choice that has to be faced."

-- Charles Kennedy, Scottish politician.
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William F. Buckley, Jr. on Politics

"Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality, the costs become prohibitive."

-- William F. Buckley, Jr., American author.
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Charles de Gaulle on Politics

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."

-- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman."
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John F. Kennedy on Politics

"Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm."

-- John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
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Claiborne Pell on Politics

"In politics, you must let the other person have your way."

-- Claiborne Pell, United States Senator.
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Robert Kennedy

"One-fifth of the people are against everything all the time."

-- Robert Kennedy, United States Senator.
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James A. Garfield on Politics

"The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really want and think.

-- James A. Garfield, President of the United States.
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Ted Stevens on Politics

"I am guilty of asking the Senate for pork and proud of the Senate for giving it to me."

-- Ted Stevens, United States Senator.
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Dennis Miller on Politics

"Washington, D.C. is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese."

-- Dennis Miller, American entertainer.
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Sam Rayburn on Politics

"When you get too big a majority, you're immediately in trouble."

-- Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
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Aneurin Bevan on Politics

"I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest."

-- Aneurin Bevan, Welsh politician.
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

"Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions."

-- Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher.
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali on Politics

"They decided to let immigrants in and I am an immigrant. They gave us a chance to participate in this country's life and I took it."

-- Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch politician.
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Roy Jenkins on Politics

"The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes that if a party splits it will be electorally slaughtered."

-- Roy Jenkins, British politician.
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Barbara Boxer on Politics

"I think Democrats are right. We fight for the American dream, for the environment, for privacy rights, a woman's right to choose, a good public education system."

-- Barbara Boxer, United States Senator.
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George Savile on Politics

"When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters."

-- George Savile, English statesman.
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Charles de Gaulle on Politics

"In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant."

-- Charles de Gaulle, French statesman.
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Sargent Shriver on Politics

"Does politics have to be injected into everything?"

-- Sargent Shriver, American politician.
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Leon Trotsky on Politics

"The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end."

-- Leon Trotsky, Marxist revolutionary.
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American Moderate Party

"A party that represents the sentiments of the majority of the voters of this great nation. A party that believes in truth, honesty and integrity. A party that believes the citizens of this country deserve and demand the highest standards from the individuals seeking to be their government representatives."

-- American Moderate Party.
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Ted Kulongoski on Politics

"Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks."

-- Ted Kulongoski, Governor of Oregon.
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Phil Crane on Politics

"I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people."

-- Phil Crane, United States congressman.
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Kenneth Baker on Politics

"Socialists make the mistake of confusing individual worth with success. They believe you cannot allow people to succeed in case those who fail feel worthless."

-- Kenneth Baker, British politician.
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James Polk on Politics

"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."

-- James Polk, President of the United States.
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Kinky Friedman on Politics

"Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get."

-- Kinky Friedman, American satirist.
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Indira Gandhi on Politics

"People tend to forget their duties but remember their rights."

-- Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India.
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John Adams on Politics

"Democracy… while it lasts is more bloody than either aristocracy or monarchy. Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There is never a democracy that did not commit suicide."

-- John Adams, President of the United States.
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Lech Walesa on Politics

"The supply of words in the world market is plentiful but the demand is falling. Let deeds follow words now."

-- Lech Walesa, Polish trade union and human rights activist.
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Zach Wamp on Politics

"In closing, let me just thank God, on the floor of the House, for not turning away from us even though we seem to be turning away from Him."

-- Zach Wamp, United States Congressman.
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Theodore Roosevelt on Politics

"A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues."

-- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Hillary Clinton on Politics

"The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible."

-- Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State.
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Geoff Davis on Politics

"Two million dollars is only small when you're talking about Washington, D.C."

-- Geoff Davis, United States Congressman.
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Richard Reeves on Politics

"A lot of history is just dirty politics cleaned up for the consumption of children and other innocents."

-- Richard Reeves, American author.
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William Proxmire on Politics

"Power always has to be kept in check; power exercised in secret, especially under the cloak of national security, is doubly dangerous."

-- William Proxmire, United States Senator.
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Bill Owens on Politics

"Government frequently has a problem recognizing perception versus reality."

-- Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado.
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John Podhoretz on Politics

"Here's a very good rule of thumb in politics: losing begets losing."

-- John Podhoretz, American author.
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Herbert Hoover on Politics

"When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man."

-- Herbert Hoover, President of the United States.
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Paul Begala on Politics

"Politics is show business for ugly people."

-- Paul Begala, American political consultant.
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Workers World Party on Politics

"Our party fights for a socialist society—where the wealth is socially owned and production is planned to satisfy human need. We promote international working-class solidarity, the right of every nation to sovereignty and self-determination, and militant resistance at home to imperialist interventions and wars."

-- Workers World party.
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Richard Mentor Johnson

"What other nations call religious toleration, we call religious rights. They are not exercised in virtue of governmental indulgence, but as rights, of which government cannot deprive any portion of citizens, however small."

-- Richard Mentor Johnson, Vice President of the United States.
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Craig Washington on Politics

"I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag."

-- Craig Washington, United States Congressman.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Politics

"A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States.
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Margaret Thatcher on Politics

"Any woman who understands the problems of running a home will be nearer to understanding the problems of running a country."

-- Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Lord Hailsham on Politics

"The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion."

-- Lord Hailsham, British politician.
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Eleanor Roosevelt on Politics

"Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little."

-- Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States.
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Bob Inglis on Politics

"We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants."

-- Bob Inglis, United States Congressman.
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Alec Douglas-Home on Politics

"There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible."

-- Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Pat Oliphant on Politics

"I hate changes of administrations, because I have all my villains in place and they are all taken away and replaced with faceless wonders nobody knows."

-- Pat Oliphant, American cartoonist.
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George Nethercutt on Politics

"If I can't affect some change in six years, maybe I'm in the wrong place."

-- George Nethercutt, United States Congressman.
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Gerry Adams on Politics

"It will always be a battle a day between those who want maximum change and those who want to maintain the status quo."

-- Gerry Adams, Irish politician.
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Alfred E. Smith on Politics

"The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine."

-- Alfred E. Smith, Governor of New York.
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Rutherford B. Hayes on Politics

"I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct)."

-- Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States.
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Al Sharpton on Politics

"If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care?"

-- Al Sharpton, American social activist.
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Mohandas Gandhi on Politics

"A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion."

-- Mohandas Gandhi, political and spiritual leader of India.
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Jimmy Carter on Politics

"We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war."

-- Jimmy Carter, President of the United States.
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Blanche Lincoln on Politics

"It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have."

-- Blanche Lincoln, United States Senator.
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Christie Todd Whitman on Politics

"Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never tried to fall asleep with a mosquito in the room."

-- Christie Todd Whitman, Governor of New Jersey.
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Confucius on Politics

"In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of."

-- Confucius.
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Samuel Adams on Politics

"Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason."

-- Samuel Adams, American statesman.
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Sam Ervin on Politics

"The President seems to extend executive privilege way out past the atmosphere. What he says is executive privilege is nothing but executive poppycock."

-- Sam Ervin, United States Senator.
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Hugo Black on Politics

"A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion."

-- Hugo Black, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
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Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

“We do not worship Iran, we worship Allah. For patriotism is another name for paganism. I say let this land burn. I say let this land go up in smoke, provided Islam emerges triumphant in the rest of the world.”

-- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Supreme Leader of Iran.
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Jeff Miller on Politics

"But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain."

-- Jeff Miller, United States Congressman.
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James Bovard on Politics

"Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner."

-- James Bovard, American author.
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Michael Novak on Politics

"Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work."

-- Michael Novak, American author.
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Reform Party on Politics

"We commit ourselves to reform our political system. Together we will work to re-establish trust in our government by electing ethical officials, dedicated to fiscal responsibility and political accountability."

-- Reform Party of the United States.
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H. L. Mencken on Politics

"Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods."

-- H. L. Mencken, American author.
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Aristotle on Politics

"The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes."

-- Aristotle, philosopher.
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Charles Grassley on Politics

"If I move one way, I lose a couple votes. If I move another way, I lose a couple votes."

-- Charles Grassley, United States Senator.
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Joe McGinniss on Politics

"Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game."

-- Joe McGinniss, American author.
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William Howard Taft on Politics

"We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement."

-- William Howard Taft, President of the United States.
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Lewis H. Lapham on Politics

"Of what does politics consist except the making of imperfect decisions, many of them unjust and quite a few of them deadly?"

-- Lewis H. Lapham, American author.
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Henry Fountain Ashurst on Politics

"When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget."

-- Henry Fountain Ashurst, United States senator.
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Plato on Politics

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."

-- Plato, philosopher.
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David Broder on Politics

"Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office."

-- David Broder, American journalist.
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Claude Pepper on Politics

"The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed."

-- Claude Pepper, United States Congressman.
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John Quincy Adams on Politics

"You will never know how much it has cost my generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it."

-- John Quincy Adams, President of the United States.
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Mike Honda on Politics

"The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested."

-- Mike Honda, United States Congressman.
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Paul Goodman on free speech

"In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect."

-- Paul Goodman, American author.
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Emma Goldman on Politics

"Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world."

-- Emma Goldman, American political activist.
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Adam Smith on Politics

"I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good."

-- Adam Smith, Philosopher.
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Ronald Reagan on Politics

"The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it."

-- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
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Boyle Roche on Politics

"We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech."

-- Boyle Roche, Irish politician.
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Populist Party of America

"Put simply, we want you to be free. Free to live your life as you think best, not as any politician thinks is best for you. Free to do whatever you want with your self and your property, as long as by doing so you don't infringe on another person's freedom to do the same."

-- Populist Party of America.
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Susan George on Politics

"Debt is such a powerful tool, it is such a useful tool, it's much better than colonialism ever was because you can keep control without having an army, without having a whole administration."

-- Susan George, American political scientist.
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Garet Garrett on Politics

"Formerly government was the responsibility of people; now people were the responsibility of government."

-- Garet Garrett, American author.
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Eric Alterman on Politics

“Americans continue to suffer from a notoriously short attention span. They get mad as hell with reasonable frequency, but quickly return to their families and sitcoms. Meanwhile, the corporate lobbies stay right where they are, outlasting all the populist hysteria.”

-- Eric Alterman, American author.
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John F. Kennedy on Politics

"Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process."

-- John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.
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Pauline Hanson on Politics

"Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future."

-- Pauline Hanson, Australian politician.
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Henry A. Kissinger on Politics

"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."

-- Henry A. Kissinger, Secretary of State of The United States.
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Hubert H. Humphrey on Politics

"The impersonal hand of government can never replace the helping hand of a neighbor."

-- Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States.
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Norman Cousins on Politics

"Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country."

-- Norman Cousins, American author.
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U.S. Labor Party

"We believe that on issues most important to working people – trade, health care, and the rights to organize, bargain and strike – both the Democrats and Republicans have failed working people."

-- U.S. Labor Party.
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Michael Laws on Politics

"There is nothing likely to get you a bigger headline than attacking your own party."

-- Michael Laws, New Zealand politician.
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Reform Party of the United States

"We commit ourselves to reform our political system. Together we will work to re-establish trust in our government by electing ethical officials, dedicated to fiscal responsibility and political accountability."

-- Reform Party of the United States.
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Nick Rahall

"I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the new government from endorsing one religion over another, not erase the public consciousness or common faith."

-- Nick Rahall, United States Congressman.
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John Stuart Mill on Politics

"A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life."

-- John Stuart Mill, British philosopher.
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George Bernard Shaw on Politics

"The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul."

-- George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright.
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Jeannette Rankin on Politics

"You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake."

-- Jeannette Rankin, United States Congresswoman.
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Al Franken on Politics

"There's no liberal echo chamber in this country. There's a right-wing echo chamber. I want to create a countervailing echo chamber."

-- Al Franken, Amercian entertainer.
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U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation

"We are fighting for socialism, a system where the wealth of society belongs to those who produce it, the working class, and is used in a planned and sustainable way for the benefit of all. In place of greed, domination and exploitation, we stand for solidarity, friendship and cooperation between all peoples."

-- U.S. Party for Socialism and Liberation.
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Rick Santorum on Politics

"The idea is that the state doesn't have rights to limit individuals' wants and passions. I disagree with that. I think we absolutely have rights because there are consequences to letting people live out whatever wants or passions they desire."

-- Rick Santorum, United States Senator.
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Kurt Eisner on Politics

"Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse."

-- Kurt Eisner, Bavarian politician.
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Robert Casey, Jr. on Politics

"Any man who has ever tried to use political power for the common good has felt an awful sense of powerlessness."

-- Robert Casey, Jr. United States Senator.
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Pericles on Politics

"Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you."

-- Pericles, Greek statesman.
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John Kasich on Politics

"When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn't, that's our definition of corporate welfare."

-- John Kasich, United States Congressman.
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Chris Patten on Politics

"In a democracy everybody has a right to be represented, including the jerks."

-- Chris Patten, British politician.
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Harry S. Truman on Politics

"When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship."

-- Harry S. Truman, President of the United States.
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Russell B. Long on Politics

"A tax loophole is something that benefits the other guy. If it benefits you, it is tax reform."

-- Russell B. Long, United States Senator.
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Christopher Dodd on Politics

"I don't care what the public wants, I'm going to give it what it needs!"

-- Christopher Dodd, United States Senator.
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Napoleon Bonaparte on Politics

"Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues."

-- Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of France.
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Karl Marx on Politics

"The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property."

-- Karl Marx, German philosopher.
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George Will on Politics

"Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues."

-- George Will, American author.
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Golda Meir on Politics

"It is true we have won all our wars, but we have paid for them. We don't want victories anymore."

-- Golda Meir, Prime Minister of the State of Israel.
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James F. Byrnes on Politics

"The nearest approach to immortality on earth is a government bureau."

-- James F. Byrnes, Governor of South Carolina.
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Joseph Goebbels on Politics

"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion."

-- Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Party politician.
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Bobby Scott on Politics

"We can continue our progress as a nation toward the promise that all people are created equal and that our nation will treat every person in that spirit."

-- Bobby Scott, United States Congressman.
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Saddam Hussein on Politics

"Politics is when you say you are going to do one thing while intending to do another. Then you do neither what you said nor what you intended."

-- Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq.
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James Monroe on Politics

"Never did a government commence under auspices so favorable, nor ever was success so complete."

-- James Monroe, President of the United States.
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Kenneth Kaunda on Politics

"The power which establishes a state is violence; the power which maintains it is violence; the power which eventually overthrows it is violence."

-- Kenneth Kaunda, President of Zambia.
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David Hume on Politics

"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."

-- David Hume, Scottish philosopher.
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Richard M. Daley on Politics

"Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?"

-- Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago.
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Chauncey Depew on Politics

"The government of the United States is and always has been a lawyer's government."

-- Chauncey Depew, United States Senator.
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James Buchanan on Politics

"If you are as happy in entering the White House as I shall feel on returning to Wheatland, you are a happy man indeed."

-- James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States.
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Vladimir Lenin on Politics

"Politics begin where the masses are, not where there are thousands, but where there are millions, that is where serious politics begin."

-- Vladimir Lenin, President of the USSR.
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Lee Hamilton on Politics

"Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them."

-- Lee Hamilton, United States Congressman.
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Adolf Hitler on Politics

"The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force."

-- Adolf Hitler.
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Fred Upton on Politics

"We've heard this before; things are bad, we are gonna fix them, and they remain unfixed."

-- Fred Upton, United States Congressman.
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David Ricardo on Politics

"There can be no rise in the value of labour without a fall of profits."

-- David Ricardo, political economist.
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Nikita Khrushchev on Politics

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers."

-- Nikita Khrushchev, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Alexis de Tocqueville on Politics

"The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."

-- Alexis de Tocqueville, French political scientist.
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Michael Moore on Politics

"We live in the time where we have fictitious election results that elects a fictitious president. We live in a time where we have a man sending us to war for fictitious reasons."

-- Michael Moore, American entertainer.
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B. R. Ambedkar on Politics

"Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies government."

-- B. R. Ambedkar, Indian nationalist.
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Thomas Jefferson on Politics

"A democracy is nothing more than mob rule, where fifty-one percent of the people may take away the rights of the other forty-nine."

-- Thomas Jefferson, President of the United States.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Politics

"In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down."

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Boss Tweed on Politics

"I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating."

-- Boss Tweed, American politician.
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Douglas Adams on Politics

"Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job."

-- Douglas Adams, English author
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James W. Fulbright on Politics

"In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects."

-- James W. Fulbright, United States Senator.
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I. F. Stone on Politics

"Rich people march on Washington every day."

-- I. F. Stone, American author.
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Jose Antonio Viera Gallo on Politics

"Socialism can only arrive by bicycle."

-- Jose Antonio Viera Gallo, Chilean politician.
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Jalal Talabani on Politics

"Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight."

-- Jalal Talabani, President of Iraq.
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Richard Lugar on Politics

"The United States cannot feed every person, lift every person out of poverty, cure every disease, or stop every conflict. But our power and status have conferred upon us a tremendous responsibility to humanity."

-- Richard Lugar, United States Senator.
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Tony Benn on Politics

"We are not just here to manage capitalism but to change society and to define its finer values."

-- Tony Benn, British socialist politician.
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Henry Bolingbroke on Politics

"The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue."

-- Henry Bolingbroke, King of England.
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Nigel Farage on Politics

"This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and widens further still the democratic deficit."

-- Nigel Farage, British politician.
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John Kenneth Galbraith on Politics

"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite."

-- John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist.
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Barney Frank on Politics

"But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency."

-- Barney Frank, United States Congressman.
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Henri Queuille on Politics

"Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no longer relevant."

-- Henri Queuille, French politician.
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John Major on Politics

"The first requirement of politics is not intellect or stamina but patience. Politics is a very long run game and the tortoise will usually beat the hare."

-- John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower on Politics

"There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home."

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States.
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Edmund S. Muskie on Politics

"You have the God-given right to kick the government around - don't hesitate to do so."

-- Edmund S. Muskie, United States Secretary of State
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan on Politics

"The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself."

-- Daniel Patrick Moynihan, United States Senator.
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Socrates on Politics

"I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live."

-- Socrates, philosopher.
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Robert Byrd on Politics

"It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics."

-- Robert Byrd, United States Senator.
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Friedrich August von Hayek

"A claim for equality of material position can be met only by a government with totalitarian powers."

-- Friedrich August von Hayek, Austrian philosopher.
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Orrin Hatch on Politics

"Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional rights in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture."

-- Orrin Hatch, United States Senator.
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Larry Elder on Politics

"Only in Washington does a decrease in the proposed increase equal a spending cut."

-- Larry Elder, American entertainer.
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America First Party

"We pledge ourselves to restore and revitalize the great American Experiment for the benefit of our nation and all its people. We commit ourselves to elect honest people to public office who adhere to principles based on the wisdom of the Founders and expressed in the United States Constitution and our party platform."

-- America First Party.
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Earl Warren on Politics

"Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism."

-- Earl Warren, Chief Justice of the United States.
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Ann Coulter on Politics

"Democrats couldn't care less if people in Indiana hate them. But if Europeans curl their lips, liberals can't look at themselves in the mirror."

-- Ann Coulter, American author.
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Daniel P. Moynihan on Politics

"Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire."

-- Daniel P. Moynihan, United States Senator.
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James Madison

"Each generation should be made to bear the burden of its own wars, instead of carrying them on, at the expense of other generations."

-- James Madison, President of the United States.
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Mark Shields on Politics

"The problem with smear campaigns is that too often they work."

-- Mark Shields, American commentator.
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Albert Einstein on Politics

"Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced."

-- Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist.
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Charles Krauthammer on Politics

"Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”

-- Charles Krauthammer, American author.
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William Lyon Mackenzie King on Politics

"It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government."

-- William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian journalist and politician.
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Harold Wilson on Politics

"One man's wage increase is another man's price increase."

-- Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Mitt Romney on Politics

"The invisible hand of the market always moves faster and better than the heavy hand of government."

-- Mitt Romney, Governor of Massachusetts.
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James L. Buckley on Politics

"Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls."

-- James L. Buckley, United States Senator.
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Simon Cameron on Politics

"An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought."

-- Simon Cameron, United States Senator.
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Saint Thomas Aquinas on Politics

"The highest manifestation of life consists in this: that a being governs its own actions. A thing which is always subject to the direction of another is somewhat of a dead thing."

-- Saint Thomas Aquinas, philosopher.
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Gerrit Smith on Politics

"I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government."

-- Gerrit Smith, American politician.
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Joseph Stalin on Politics

"The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do."

-- Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of USSR Communist Party.
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Elizabeth Drew on Politics

"Democracy, like any non-coercive relationship, rests on a shared understanding of limits."

-- Elizabeth Drew, American author.
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Eleanor Clift on Politics

"People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician."

-- Eleanor Clift, American author.
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Mikhail Gorbachev on Politics

"It would be naïve to think that the problems plaguing mankind today can be solved with means and methods which were applied or seemed to work in the past."

-- Mikhail Gorbachev, President of the USSR.
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John Breaux on Politics

"I object to you using words like squander and pork. What is pork in one part of the country is an essential project in another part."

-- John Breaux, United States senator.
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Paddy Ashdown on Politics

"Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace."

-- Paddy Ashdown, British politician.
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Ralph Nader on Politics

"The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door."

-- Ralph Nader, American political activist.
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Malcolm Wallop on Politics

"The Declaration of Independence is such an extraordinary statement - it was designed by people skeptical of government, local or national, but in particular national."

-- Malcolm Wallop, United States Senator.
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Zell Miller on Politics

"Twenty years of votes can tell you much more about a man than twenty weeks of campaign rhetoric. Campaign talk tells people who you want them to think you are. How you vote tells people who you really are deep inside."

-- Zell Miller, United States Senator.
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Frank Luntz on Politics

"One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them."

-- Frank Luntz, American political consultant.
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Andy Rooney on Politics

"The only people who say worse things about politicians than reporters do are other politicians."

-- Andy Rooney, American broadcast journalist.
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George Washington on Politics

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

-- George Washington, President of the United States.
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John Rawls on Politics

"In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed."

-- John Rawls, American philosopher.
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Hunter S. Thompson on Politics

"Politics is the art of controlling your environment."

-- Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist.
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Peter Schuyler on Politics

"To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections."

-- Peter Schuyler, Governor of New York.
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Noam Chomsky on Politics

"To some degree it matters who's in office, but it matters more how much pressure they're under from the public."

-- Noam Chomsky, American author.
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Dick Armey on Politics

"Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision."

-- Dick Armey, United States Congressman.
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Henry Wilson on Politics

"I believe if we introduced the Lord's Prayer here, senators would propose a large number of amendments to it."

-- Henry Wilson, Vice President of the United States.
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Susan B. Anthony on Politics

"Men, their rights, and nothing more; women, their rights, and nothing less."

-- Susan B. Anthony, American civil rights leader.
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Michael Bloomberg on Politics

"I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge."

-- Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City.
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Arlen Specter on Politics

"The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens."

-- Arlen Specter, United States Senator.
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Abraham Lincoln on Politics

"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."

-- Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States.
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Rob Simmons on Politics

"The best governor in the world is the person who never really planned to be governor."

-- Rob Simmons, United States Congressman.
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Harold MacMillan on Politics

"If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians."

-- Harold MacMillan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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William Henry Harrison on Politics

"I believe that all the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer."

-- William Henry Harrison, President of the United States.
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George Carlin on Politics

"I think people should be allowed to do anything they want. We haven't tried that for a while. Maybe this time it'll work."

-- George Carlin, American entertainer.
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American Heritage Party

"Imagine a political party that recognizes it is God alone who prospers a nation, and seeks to be faithful, relying on prayer and His Sovereignty in all its efforts!"

-- American Heritage Party.
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Ronald Reagan on Politics

"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

-- Ronald Reagan, President of the United States.
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Adlai E. Stevenson on Politics

"The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning."

-- Adlai E. Stevenson, Governor of Illinois.
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Lord Salisbury on Politics

"One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means."

-- Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Woodrow Wilson on Politics

"Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling."

-- Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States.
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Ayn Rand on Politics

"A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims."

-- Ayn Rand, Russian philosopher.
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Paul Gillmor on Politics

"We are putting more and more power into a system which is less and less able to carry it reliably."

-- Paul Gillmor, United States Congressman.
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Saul Alinsky on Politics

"Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life."

-- Saul Alinsky, American community organizer.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on Politics

"The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written"

-- Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Thomas Paine on Politics

"Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."

-- Thomas Paine, American revolutionary.
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Michael Badnarik on Politics

"The government never does anything successfully."

-- Michael Badnarik, American politician.
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Edward Abbey on Politics

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

-- Edward Abbey, American author.
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Kate Millett on Politics

"Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being."

-- Kate Millett, American social activist.
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Frank Lautenberg on Politics

"One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless."

-- Frank Lautenberg, United States Senator.
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Frank Lautenberg Politics

"One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless."

-- Frank Lautenberg, United States Senator.
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Winston Churchill on Politics

"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."

-- Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Antonio Gramsci on Politics

"The abolition of the class struggle does not mean the abolition of the need to struggle as a principle of development."

-- Antonio Gramsci, Italian philosopher.
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Pete du Pont on Politics

"Things move very slowly in politics. We seem to fight the same wars over and over again."

-- Pete du Pont, Governor of Delaware.
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Vladimir Lenin on Politics

"To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics."

-- Vladimir Lenin, Communist revolutionary.
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Anne Northup on Politics

"A large family and Democrats have a lot in common: teenagers and Democrats are always happy spending other people's money."

-- Anne Northup, United States Congresswoman.
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Paul Tsongas on Politics

"You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement."

-- Paul Tsongas, United States Senator.
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Charles de Secondat on Politics

"Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty."

-- Charles de Secondat, French philosopher.
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Ruth Ann Minner on Politics

"Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree."

-- Ruth Ann Minner, Governor of Delaware.
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Zhao Ziyang on Politics

"Communists should be the first to be concerned about other people and country and the last to enjoy themselves."

-- Zhao Ziyang, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China.
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Howard Zinn on Politics

"If the gods had intended for people to vote, they would have given us candidates."

-- Howard Zinn, American political scientist.
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Maureen Dowd on Politics

"Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve."

-- Maureen Dowd, American journalist.
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Hubert H. Humphrey on Politics

"The President is the people's lobbyist."

-- Hubert H. Humphrey, Vice President of the United States.
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Edmund Burke on Politics

"It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare."

-- Edmund Burke, Irish philosopher.
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Alexander Hamilton on Politics

"Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things."

-- Alexander Hamilton, United States Secretary of the Treasury.
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Rush Limbaugh on Politics

"If Thomas Jefferson thought taxation without representation was bad, he should see how it is with representation."

-- Rush Limbaugh, American entertainer.
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Richard M. Nixon on Politics

"I played by the rules of politics as I found them."

-- Richard M. Nixon, President of the United States.
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Jerry Garcia on Politics

"Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil."

-- Jerry Garcia, Amercian musician.
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Charles Sumner on Politics

"From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned."

-- Charles Sumner, American statesman.
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Theodore Roosevelt on Politics

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

-- Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States.
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Gore Vidal on Politics

"Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates."

-- Gore Vidal, American author.
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Frank Rich on Politics

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.

-- Frank Rich, American author and commentator.
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Thomas Jefferson on Politics

"I am not among those who fear the people. They, not the rich, are our dependence for continued freedom."

-- Thomas Jefferson, founder of the U.S. Democratic Party.
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Barry Goldwater on Politics

"Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible?"

-- Barry Goldwater, United States Senator.
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