Political Quotes - Page 228

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.

Newsweek recently asked American women which women they admire the most, and the answer varied, actually, depending on which political party you were from... Republican women picked Oprah as the most admired woman, followed by Sarah Palin. Democratic women said Hillary Clinton is the most admired woman, followed by Oprah Winfrey. Independents also picked Oprah Winfrey, followed by Diane Sawyer.

We should be similarly wary of accepting common opinions; we should judge them by the ways of reason not by popular vote.

The clatter of arms drowns out the voice of law.

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

Our religion is made to eradicate vices, instead it encourages them, covers them, and nurtures them.

But when you look at the rubbish who are getting these awards and the absolute non-service they have given to the nation other than financing or working for political parties, you say, 'What company am I in?'

NATO as a political alliance does need to be relooked at in terms of everything - resourcing, capabilities.

I think we have such a political cesspool in America right now.

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.

Every political card played by Jeb Bush has been Trumped; every political note played by The Donald has been Trumpeted.

I lived as best I could, and then I died. Be careful where you step: the grave is wide.

Life's saving graces are love, pleasure, laughter ... wisdom, it seems, is for the Hereafter.

Hell hath no fury like a frustrated fundamentalist whose God condemned him to "hell" for having "impure thoughts."

Eating is a political act.

Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory, a large war chest -even if not the largest-is usually a necessary condition. Money may not guarantee victory, but the lack of it usually guarantees defeat. Without large sums, there is rarely much of a campaign, as poorly funded 'minor' candidates have repeatedly discovered.

The god who presides over the Judeo-Christian belief system bears a disquieting resemblance to those imperfect creations known as human beings. This suggests that either he really did fashion us in his own image or we fashioned him in ours.

Russia became a juicy chunk of the Third World, with immense reserves of cheap labor, a vast treasure of natural resources, and industrial assets to be sold off at giveaway prices.

Profits are what you make when not working.

Radical views that are outside the mainstream generally (but not always) are more reliable than the dominant view because they are more regularly challenged and tested against evidence. They do not get to float freely down the mainstream; they must swim against the current. They cannot rest on the orthodox power to foreclose dissent, and they are not supported by the unanimity of bias that passes for objectivity.

Congress does two things well: nothing and overreacting.

Any story you write about war, or film you make about war, is bound to be political whether you like it or not.

When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that.

And realising that humour is the most powerful way to make a political statement and say the things that you want to say. And it's not used enough, at least not in the U.S.

I and you and everyone else has to be a political activist.