Political Quotes - Page 201

A Diogenesian search for an honest person would rarely lead to the author of a memoir.

The closer one gets to elections or wars, the further one gets from the truth.

There's a huge wave of anti-establishment feeling. There's an enormous amount of anger. And it's collapsing governments and political movements across the world right now.

It is not a sensible or intelligent response for us in Europe to ridicule American arguments and parody their political leadership.

I think the single most important political distinction today is actually between open-minded versus closed-minded, and that's why I think this crosses the boundaries of traditional - center-right and center-left have much more in common with each other right now than the right does with the center-right, and the left does with the center-left.

I do not want to end up with an American style of politics, with us going out there beating our chest about our faith. Politics and religion - it is not that they do not have a lot in common, but if [religion] ends up being used in the political process, I think that is a bit unhealthy.

I think there is no doubt that the advent of 24/7 news channels, which are voracious in their demand for constant new content, has accelerated the political process. The rise of social media, in addition to talkback, I think has intensified the political process.

I think that political marriages are subject to more strain than most precisely because of the nature of politics.

The Australian public are very fair and they are always prepared to give the leader of a major political party a fair go.

You can say the dirty words now, but there is no content - political satire is limited to small podiums and little soap boxes.

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!

I'd say that one area where my political views have remained unchanged is that, I am opposed to the government spying on everybody.

I don't put much faith in the political system because it's a question of how are you going to run capitalism, not how are we going to develop a different system to capitalism.

We're looking at a quandary here where Bernie's [Sanders] the winner on a moral and even a political basis. He's made history, and she's the winner on the mathematical basis.

The letter writers span the spectrum from left to right. Members say they don't want this to become a partisan political issue. In fact, there are reasons administration officials have been cautious in making a genocide declaration.

The collapse of the Soviet bloc ended the massive subsidies that had kept the Cuban economy afloat. The once-vaunted education and health care systems fell into disrepair. Fidel Castro's stubbornness, meanwhile, made political and economic change difficult in Cuba.

The difference between congressmen and drunken sailors is that drunken sailors are spending their own money.

Calculated and craven political stunt.

People are not hungry because we dont produce enough. People are hungry for political reasons.

My relationship with Barack Obama isn't based on my political philosophy or his.

The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.

I still believe that term limits is the best way to ensure that the next generation, not the next election, is the central concern in our elected bodies.

We can achieve much greater representation through term-limited members.

Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect the best interests of the country.