Quotes about politics

The greatest purveyor of violence in the world : My own Government, I can not be Silent.

Martin Luther King Jr.

I grew up in an artists’ community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art.

Vin Diesel

I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.

Theodore Roosevelt

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

Bill Bradley

Concede that the new government of Louisiana is only to what it should be, as the egg is to the fowl; we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it.

Abraham Lincoln

We need to get beyond the politics of the moment, the deficit of the hour, the military count of the day, the numbers that rarely shape events. Our long-term interests must be in people and in the values of democracy and individual liberty.

Bill Bradley

It’s up to me to promote my faith and somebody else to promote theirs. Let the government just protect our right to do so.

Max Lucado

The single hardest thing for a practicing politician to understand is that most people, most of the time, don’t give politics a first thought all day long.

Tony Blair

Last year I had difficulty with my income tax. I tried to take my analyst off as a business deduction. The Government said it was entertainment. We compromised finally and made it a religious contribution.

Woody Allen

Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers.

Terry McAuliffe