954 private quotes tagged politics

“Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.” — Jimmy Carter

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“A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.” — Leonard Bernstein

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“While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit.” — Jonathan Sacks

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“The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy.” — Michael Bloomberg

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“It's about time we make the well-being of our young people more important than ideology and politics. As a country, we benefit from investing in their future by investing in teen pregnancy prevention.” — Jane Fonda

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“Everything about my politics has been about the future.” — David Miliband

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“Look how many millions of people are underemployed or have lost their jobs. The last thing I'm going to do is play politics with their future.” — Lindsey Graham

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“The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model.” — Frances O'Grady

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“Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.” — William E. Simon

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“Only government can take perfectly good paper, cover it with perfectly good ink and make the combination worthless.” — Milton Friedman

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“I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph.” — Margaret Thatcher

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“One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.” — Donald Trump

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“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.” — Milton Friedman

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“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government.” — Barry Goldwater

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“Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.” — P. J. O'Rourke

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“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds.” — Thurgood Marshall

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“When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.” — John W. Gardner

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“In government you carry each hope each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.” — Tony Blair

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“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.” — Aesop

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“I think one of the great problems we have in the Republican Party is that we don't encourage you to be nasty. We encourage you to be neat, obedient, loyal and faithful and all those Boy Scout words, which would be great around a campfire but are lousy in politics.” — Newt Gingrich

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“Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge.” — Polly Toynbee

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“By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?'” — Alastair Campbell

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