Political Quotes

How are fears born? They are born because of differences in tradition and history; they are born because of differences in emotional, political and national circumstances. Because of such differences, people fear they cannot live together. Ehud Olmert
History Together People Fear Political Fears National Differences Live Circumstances Born Emotional Because How Tradition Cannot
What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter. Elena Kagan
Political Matter Constitutional Political Views Just Views
The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice. Emma Goldman
Freedom Political Sacrifice State Religious Purpose Maintained Like Altar Political Freedom Human
During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected. Everett Dirksen
Political Campaign Political Will Busy Too Everyone Except He Concerned Question Campaign Wondering Candidate Elected
In our seeking for economic and political progress, we all go up - or else we all go down. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Progress Political Down Else Our Seeking Economic Go Up
I don't think I'm severely politically active. I care deeply, and I have my strong personal beliefs. I think America is dancing on thin ice. But I think it's bigger even than a political issue. I wonder about the evolution of the human race and spirit and what our goals and reasons for living are. Garry Shandling
Strong Political Goals Care Active Living Think Our Dancing Evolution Spirit About Issue Wonder Than America Personal Politically Human Bigger Ice Race Reasons Human Race Even Beliefs Thin Deeply
If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be useful with regard to the law. Thus, a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder. Han Fei
Work You People Law Political Will Men Mistakes Fall Reputation State Relationships Ruler Promote Ability See Seek Rely Factions Develop Thus Instrumental His Office Offices Regard Disorder Useful Who
Political theatre presents an entirely different set of problems. Sermonising has to be avoided at all cost. Objectivity is essential. The characters must be allowed to breathe their own air. The author cannot confine and constrict them to satisfy his own taste or disposition or prejudice. Harold Pinter
Theatre Political Problems Own Disposition Air Characters Must Cost Entirely Objectivity Allowed His Author Taste Essential Confine Different Cannot Them Breathe Prejudice Avoided Satisfy Set Presents
What has become clear to many Americans is that the electoral system is bankrupt. As the political process becomes more privatized, outsourced, and overrun with money from corporations and billionaires, a wounded republic is on its death bed, gasping for life. Henry Giroux
Life Death Money Political Become Corporations System Wounded More Clear Becomes Bed Overrun Political Process American Bankrupt Process Republic Electoral Billionaires Many
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. Ignazio Silone
Saying Mistake Liberty Political Doubting Philosophic Possibility Religious Making Authority Any Artistic Literary Experimenting Social Even Searching
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. Irving Layton
Political Leader Worthy Pierre Political Leader Canada Produced Assassination Last
Reparations, I believe, are talked about for political reasons, trying to cater for the purpose of getting votes. If Congress was serious about reparations - in '93 and '94 the Democrats controlled the House, the Senate and the White House, and not one single Republican vote was needed for reparations. J. C. Watts
Vote Political Single White White House Congress Believe About Purpose Votes Cater House Talked Democrats Reparations Senate Trying Controlled Getting Republican Reasons Serious Needed
Terrorism and the refugee crisis have changed the political mood in the West and brought the extreme right to prominence there. Jamal Khashoggi
Terrorism Political Changed Extreme Mood Crisis Prominence Brought West Refugee Right
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
Needs Political Liable More Wrong Majority Opinion Than Maxim Current In My Opinion Which Interest Standard Therefore Right Right And Wrong
I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one. Jane Elliott
You Hate Political Every Side Correctness Absolutely Instead Until Am Opposed Issue Hear Political Correctness Just Experienced Just One Cannot Confront Need Speech
One of the roles of the Presidency is to lead a political party. Having a President in office is usually a huge advantage to a party because it gives the party a mouthpiece and an advocate at the highest level. John C. Maxwell
Political Party Presidency President Having Gives Lead Highest Highest Level Advantage Because Advocate Huge Political Party Office Roles Mouthpiece Level
It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. John Coleman
Environmental History Political Offended Illusion Long Scam Rapid Some Data Highly Long-Term Term Global Global Warming Scientific Greatest Am Amazed Scientists Motives Manipulated Warming Create Appalled
I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair. John Henrik Clarke
Political Christ Hair White Those Would Nerve Obvious Judgement His Question Lips African Nose Paint Who
The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute. John Lydon
Good Genius Political Seen Lately Flute Some Only Had Leaders Occupy Occupy Wall Street Always Hippy Up Political Movement Wall Wall Street Movement Ends Unfortunately Which Street Playing
As in political so in literary action a man wins friends for himself mostly by the passion of his prejudices and the consistent narrowness of his outlook. Joseph Conrad
Man Political Passion Action Consistent Outlook Wins Mostly Himself His Friends Literary Prejudices
My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Spiritual Political Islam Statement Political Statement Choosing
Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil. Mary Wollstonecraft
Good Political Evil Every Extreme Carried Must Productive
Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly. Phylicia Rashad
Me Racism Political Problems Own Gone Imagination Top Say Seeing Arena True Because Does Political Arena Exist Very Just Plainly Create Levels Imagine Set Extinguished
Ultimately, Communism must be defeated by progressive political programs which wipe out the poverty, misery, and discontent on which it thrives. Robert Kennedy
Communism Political Thrive Poverty Programs Progressive Out Must Misery Wipe Discontent Ultimately Which Defeated
I remember going through the cafeteria line and telling every kid that Nixon was in favor of school on Saturdays. It was my first political trick. Roger Stone
Remember School Political First Every Kid Favor Nixon Telling Trick Through Line Going Saturdays
I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech. Teresa Heinz
Freedom Justice Fight Political Freedom Of Speech Fairness Political Freedom Fought Speech
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