Political Quotes - Page 41

Architecture is definitely a political act.

The indignation of politicians is NOT a good measure of the gravity of any situation.

The man who can dominate a London dinner-table can dominate the world.

Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force.

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.

The death of one is a tragedy, but death of a million is just a statistic.

Capitalism means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters in political matters. Socialism means full government control of every sphere of the individuals life and the unrestricted supremacy of the government in its capacity as central board of production management.

The pejorative term "political correctness" was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe.

I think there is a demand. The demand is for a radical economic and political restructuring of the world. And most people would say that's impossible. And it may or may not be achieved, but I think that's less important than articulating what a just and fair world can be.

If we will not endure a king as a political power, we should not endure a king over the production, transportation, and sale of any of the necessaries of life.

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.

We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards?

In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp.

Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

My political ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian

Those gentlemen, who will be elected senators, will fix themselves in the federal town, and become citizens of that town more than of your state.

I'm going to be so much better a president for having been at the CIA that you're not going to believe it.

A political society does not live to conduct foreign policy; it would be more correct to say that it conducts foreign policy in order to live.

By remaining behind the scenes, they (the Rothschilds) were able to avoid the brunt of public anger which was directed, instead, at the political figures which they largely controlled. This is a technique which has been practiced by financial manipulators ever since, and it is fully utilized by those who operate the Federal Reserve System today.

I find the remark, "Tis distance lends enchantment to the view" is no less true of the political than of the natural world.

Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.

Fifty percent of Winston is genius, fifty percent bloody fool. He will behave like a child.

Sisterhood cannot be assumed on the basis of gender; it must be forged in concrete historical and political practice and analysis

What we anticipate seldom occurs; what we least expect generally happens.