Political Quotes - Page 250

Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances are never going to change.

There are no small steps in great affairs.

There is a difference between being a political force, or a political apparent force or a potential force, and between a real discourse or a real argument.

When Ben Carson said that he would remove all federal funding for universities that had 'extreme political bias.' Who would decide what political bias was, and what is 'extreme'? That kind of policing of ideas has a striking resemblance to the black list, and that's what happened during that era.

People have an actual bias against there being some kind of popularity for political films, and when they get acknowledged, it helps keep the conversation going.

I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.

I'm pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I'm not very zealous.

In human history who hold the reigns of political power, and there are some women who were very much a team player during their husband's oppressive regime.

Folk music had long been political but [Bob] Dylan's poetry took it to a new level.

President Bush spent the day calling names he couldn't pronounce in countries he never knew existed.

President Obama said he is going to use the Gulf disaster to push a new energy bill through Congress. How about using the Gulf disaster to fix the Gulf disaster?

Congress voted for tougher laws on corporations. So now when a corporation buys a senator, they need a receipt.

Sixty years ago this week Hitler invaded Poland. This led to the creation of The History Channel.

In a Republican district I was a Republican. In a Democratic district I was a Democrat. And in a doubtful district, I was Doubtful. But I was always for Erie.

Children should not be used as pawns in a political fight.

Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious.

Politically I am neither left nor right! And this kind of political-ethical standpoint-- being in the middle-- usually brings about seclusion and isolation! But now I do not mind it anymore and, instead, I work more and more in my self-made solitude!

I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.

When people used to call me a political writer, it was kind of confusing because I was always much more interested in the social end of things which hinges on the political, but it isn’t really part of it.

Sometimes the critics review me harshly for not being critical of government but it's not me who has said I was political.

For some reason I get advertised when I travel as a political comedian, which I'm not. Sometimes I talk about it and sometimes I don't.

When I talk about people wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind Jesus - that's an anti-intellectual thing to do in the political process, because legally, allegedly we have a separation between church and state. That's a legal precedent that's never observed. When people are trying to do something that's not in your best interest, they will wrap it in the flag and hide behind Jesus, which is a corrupt thing to do.

As soon as you bring up money, I notice, conversation gets sociological, then political, then moral.

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!

Coming out, all the way out, is offered more and more as the political solution to our oppression. The argument goes that, if people could see just how many of us there are, some in very important places, the negative stereotype would vanish overnight. ...It is far more realistic to suppose that, if the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us.