Political Quotes - Page 174

I have been studying women’s political behavior since the early 1970s and first identified the gender gap in 1980 with the help of legendary pollster Louis Harris.

It [9/11 event] transcended the political and moved into the metaphysical. There was a kind of cosmic, demonic quality of mind at work here, which refused to have any interest in dialogue and political organization and persuasion.

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

Obstinacy, sir, is certainly a great vice; and in the changeful state of political affairs it is frequently the cause of great mischief. It happens, however, very unfortunately, that almost the whole line of the great and masculine virtues--constancy, gravity, magnanimity, fortitude, fidelity, and firmness--are closely allied to this disagreeable quality, of which you have so just an abhorrence; and in their excess all these virtues very easily fall into it.

The well-being of individual persons in any society varies inversely with the money at the disposal of the political class.

People of the United States of America, your Congress is bought, your Congress is incapable of making legislation on healthcare, banking, trade, or taxes because if they do it, they will lose their political funding and they won’t do it.

Douglas Carswell accused all political parties of "deliberately cultivating the impression" that there would be a referendum.

Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda, and the agenda is not for you, it's for themselves.

Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say.

I'm just not going to spend a lot of political capital solving some other guy's problem in 2010.

All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others.

Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life.

Wild men, screaming through the keyholes.

In reality, finding a way to raise taxes may well be the central political problem facing the United States.

In ancient times, bodily strength and dexterity, being of greater use and importance in war, was also much more esteemed and valued, than at present. ... In short, the different ranks of men are, in a great measure, regulated by riches.

Nobody ever won an election by spitting at his political opponents.

Compared to the typical Zim/Chomsky-spouting grad school clown, a trucker with a screaming eagle hat is a paragon of political nuance.

I hope that just what I sing about and how I relate to my audience is as much of a political statement as I need to make.

I believe the history of American music is just as important as anything political because it's changed generations of people.

Islam has some of the best defenses against other god viruses and has the potential to be more parasitically aggressive when consolidating political power with a society.

Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable.

... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all taxpayers. The rich directly benefit, since greedy politicians are unable to seize as much of their money. And the rest of us benefit, since this puts downward pressure on tax rates as governments try to keep the geese that lay the golden eggs from flying away.

My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.