Quotes about Political

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

George Bernard Shaw

Man is by nature a political animal.

Aristotle

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Woodrow Wilson

The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.

Henri Frederic Amiel

There is no maxim, in my opinion, which is more liable to be misapplied, and which, therefore, more needs elucidation, than the current one, that the interest of the majority is the political standard of right and wrong.

James Madison

I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

Howard Nemerov

We have to congratulate ourselves (that) given all political volatility in the past several months we were able to conduct the first election in the new millennium.

Rigoberto Tiglao

These political, peaceful and democratic transitions in Burundi and DRC are very helpful in creating a more conducive climate.

Ibrahima Fall

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.

Albert Einstein

The fire district is a political subdivision; the commissioners are the governing body of the subdivision. The list of those who voted is public.

Robert Freeman

You are ready to play with peoples' money in your political battles. What if after you win your next battle but hundreds of people line up in front of banks?

Donald Tusk

The concern is that the government is using the ideological exclusion provision and other immigration laws to manipulate and censor political and academic debate inside the United States.

Jameel Jaffer

On-off engagement with the IICD is no less discouraging than the UUP's on/off commitment to the political institutions.

Mark Durkan

It's a delicate moment for a finance minister to leave. There has been a consistent economic policy that until now appeared above the political crisis.

Luciano Dias

It gives the impression people must follow these opinions, which means clerical rule. The Shi'ite religious authority is interfering in political affairs.

Saleh Al mutlak

Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired by it or seriously critical of it.

Allan Bloom

The Freedom Center stands for what was attacked that day here and around the world. The idea that we are going to allow the Freedom Center to get hijacked from the political right or from the political left is something that none of us will stand for.

John Cahill

It doesn't make any difference what political party you belong to, ... I just called and said, Rick, I'll do something.

Joe Manchin

I think the Latino community in San Diego County has been segregated out of the political culture. Even when you have one or two elected officials here, it hasn't made a dent in the overall sense. It is not part of the political culture of this city.

Jorge Mariscal

Political leadership is all that's missing to achieve emissions cuts of 30 to 40 percent.

Dale Marshall

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism.

P. D. James

We are doing moderately well in the debate. I'm hopeful we will prevail, but you can never tell what will happen when get into the political process.

Michael Snyder

Globalization presumes sustained economic growth. Otherwise, the process loses its economic benefits and political support.

Paul A. Samuelson

Any group of people can meet as they wish but their meeting will not be an MDC congress. Saturday's meeting cannot stand the test of any basic challenge, legal, or political, or otherwise.

William Bango

Only actions will dispel critics who believe I have a political agenda, which I do not have. I want to define my tenure in as open a way as I can.

Patricia Harrison

The kind of matters we discussed are not earth-shattering matters in the political sense, but they are extremely important for the people concerned and we tried to approach this really from a practical point.

Albert Rohan

If I had been asked this question four years ago, I would have said there was no need because it is only a town election. But two years ago we saw a change; we saw our first real Political Action Committee formed to get someone elected.

Dennis Husch

He has the scientific knowledge, and I have the political knowledge.

Bernard Siegel

It does seem as if she's gravitated to the more mainstream causes. These are easy, and from a political standpoint, no-brainers. While the families of people with mental illnesses are voters, many people with mental illnesses are not. That's not the same for people with cancer.

David Almeida

Everyone knows these hugs are political. We Democrats know that when Schwarzenegger acts like a moderate for a while, it's only an act. We remember what his agenda was just last fall.

Bob Mulholland

What is the primary purpose of a political leader? To build a majority. If [voters] care about parking lots, then talk about parking lots.

Newt Gingrich

The government must demonstrate its respect for freedom of expression and assembly, which are essential at this time of intense debate about the country's political future.

Gerald Staberock

Sometimes a political leader needs to be so stubborn that he would not move a little.

Yuriko Koike

Comrade Deng Xiaoping -- along with other party elders -- gave the party leadership their firm and full support to put down the political disturbance using forceful measures.

Li Peng

This government is treating the Speaker's office as a political plaything.

Kelly Lamrock

Everything depends on political developments.

Af Alhajji

It's time that Gerry Adams free himself from the IRA. We cannot in Western countries have a political party that has its own private army, particularly one that's been associated with criminality and violence.

Ted Kennedy

The paper was important as a political intervention because the authors are squarely in the mainstream of academic life. The reason they're getting a hearing now is because of the Iraq debacle.

Norman Finkelstein

While much of the criticism is factually incorrect or misleading, it is undoubtedly having a political impact.

Macquarie Equities

Even though we have a democratically controlled House, we have committee chairmen from both political parties in the Texas House of Representatives.

Harvey Kronberg

He was very active in a lot of education and religious and political activities all his life.

James Doyle

The government is convinced that we cannot maintain the status quo and we have the political will to make serious progress. Any advance will be positive.

Josep Pique

Woody makes a movie as if he were lighting 10,000 safety matches to illuminate a city. Each one is a little epiphany: topical, ethnic, or political.

Gene Wilder

The language of resistance, of political discourse, is sometimes harsh. But a political speaker must be free to excite his audience.

William Moffitt

Everyone criticizes the Chinese political system, but in the last quarter of a century, it has achieved a miracle.

Pan Wei

Japanese treatment of Chinese and Allied citizens whom they captured, particularly if they suspected them of espionage, was horrific. I describe some of the barbaric treatment of British and American political prisoners in the book.

Bernard Wasserstein

All political parties in Cape Town need now to commit themselves to taking the city forward, whether it be as part of government or as part of the opposition.

Ryan Coetzee

If we want a seat at the political table, we really need to be able to have the monetary resources necessary to affect elections.

Corey Jackson

It's no secret he has a major political challenge on his hands — he's aware of that. Everyone in that part of Texas is aware of it.

Mike Franc

The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realization of a political ideal; it is the discharge of a moral obligation.

John Dalberg

It seems like we've got more of a political theme this year.

John Schaeffer

The CIS is a political collaboration, a forum of political communication, and is very useful for Georgia. But we are not considering the CIS from a military perspective, and our main aim is to join NATO.

Georgy Arveladze

I don't believe you should interfere with any classic for reasons of religious or political correctness.

Terry Hands

We should have done the Savings Bill at least six months ago, also giving ourselves the possibility of changing governor. It was a political mistake which left the ball in the magistrates' court.

Umberto Bossi

We need to see more political will and bold announcements by the President so that all line ministries can align themselves.

Luxon Zembe

Journalists are trying to make the distinction between leaks that are political and leaks that are whistle-blowing.

Tom Rosenstiel

This is nothing more than a San Francisco liberal pointing a partisan finger across the aisle in a lame attempt to score political points in the press.

Laura Blackann

There's a sense here of a political machine in operation, that Doolittle 'owned' the people and could hold onto his seat forever. That's how DeLay viewed things, too.

Lisa Rea

It's improper to use the egg roll for political purposes.

Mark Tooley

This does not mean the state has abandoned the market model. It was a political decision.

Andrei Klepach

Civil liberties, human rights, political reform - that's front-page material. And I want 80 percent of the news to be local.

Hisham Kassem

What is happening in the country for such political, moral and cultural blindness to take hold? Maintain democracy or go to dictatorship: that is what is at play in these elections.

Mario Vargas Llosa

Japan's situation is very different from other countries, especially since we have the abduction issue to consider. It's not just a diplomatic issue but also a domestic political issue.

Hajime Izumi

Other areas are going to compete fiercely for that project. But I think they would be doing so for political reasons and, or parochial reasons.

Dan Mclaughlin

Iran needs to provide a political and business environment in which companies won't feel they're going to lose their shirt.

Bill Ramsay

Chris has not decided to do anything with anybody until I decide. It is as simple as that, ... He understands that. He's political.

Marion Barry

There's paradox and irony in the character of Azdak, and it's political. He's not just wacky, he grinds a certain ax.

Frank Wood

These young men are presumed innocent. These are scandalous political accusations that shame our nation.

Adam Houda

If Sharon would have stayed, then a government headed by him making further disengagements in the next year or two was a good likelihood. As of now, that is off the political agenda. There is nobody around who can move the country quickly to make hurtful concessions if it's not him.

Reuven Hazan

This is a U.S. domestic political decision.

Robert Priddle

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.

James Harvey Robinson

Eventually, every political question becomes a legal question.

Lawrence M. Otter

It's the first case in which the redistricting was for a political gerrymander. It wasn't a byproduct. It was the goal.

Rolando Rios

I have plenty of political views and plenty of social and personal prejudices. I do not, however, value them.

Howard Barker

There seems to be a frenzy, a momentum to grab up anything you can. The decisions seem to be dictated by money and political expediency.

Miloon Kothari

We are only going to commit ground troops if there is a commitment to a political process. Nobody is going to commit ground troops in the context of a continuing war and a crumbling cease-fire.

Robin Cook

A political war is one in which everyone shoots from the lip.

Raymond Moley

This Cabinet is a historic step for equality between men and women. These are people with considerable intellectual, professional and political prestige (who are) up to the great challenges we have ahead.

Michelle Bachelet

I understand the political motivation to try to do something. But it's real frustrating for our industry to constantly adapt to a changing regulatory structure. The landscape keeps changing. We never know what the environment is going to be.

John Eichberger

To have a long term political influence the leaders of this movement need to translate the anger and hope that people are expressing in the streets into a concrete set of proposals for change.

Louis Desipio

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible.

Whittaker Chambers

There is no legal base whatsoever to go to the security council. If it is, it is by political choosing and it will be a big mistake.

Sirus Nasseri

Pave the way for a political breakthrough.

Goran Persson

China profits from piracy because the economic benefits are so great. There's no political will to crack down on piracy.

Daniel Chow

Political elites of both parties want to continue to allow this cheap labor to flow in because business is asking for it.

Rick Oltman

Many people on the political left found my work psychologically liberating. They began to say: once you realize that standards emerge historically, then you can see through and discard all the norms to which we have been falsely enslaved.

Stanley Fish

Wilson was right when he called us a relentless political machine, and we will be in the Prop. 75 fight.

David Sanchez

Continued self-exclusion from the euro will bring a crushing loss of investment and political influence and increased vulnerability to money market turmoil.

Graham Watson

They talk about Bill Clinton being a great political and personal survivor. Edwin Edwards invented the notion of political survival and being great at the political comeback.

Ron Faucheux

The president has little budgetary room -- and even less political capital -- for any grand projects. If he can extend his tax cuts, it would be a big victory.

Barry Ritholtz

My clients have been held up for public criticism for no reason at all — except political motives. If (the town's) answer is a bunch of denials, we'll be in court.

Jonathan Lovett

All the arrows are pointed at me, ... I never thought the political opponent would try to discredit me like this with such malicious allegations.

Paul Kirchhof

It's almost to the point that we need election observers. The limits we have now are almost the same as in a developing society: an economic infrastructure that's been devastated and various factions trying to seize political control and influence.

Gary Clark

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

Michael Novak

Political speeches are like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.

Alfred E. Neuman

The only one I know of who is active in any political endeavor is Vanessa Donaher.

Michael Hoffman

For Republicans to say that Tom is taking a bullet here makes no political sense.

Rep. Charlie Gonzalez

In a fast (changing) political environment, anything can happen. We will take a collective decision. As of now, the coalition government is intact.

Dharam Singh

I've never attributed as much importance to these appointments as the attorney general's office and some political observers have. I think we will win or lose on the strength of our argument.

Sheryl Snyder

I think it was becoming a political concern.

Keith Reynolds