Politics Quotes - Page 3

Government cannot make man richer, but it can make him poorer.

Fascism is definitely and absolutely opposed to the doctrines of liberalism, both in the political and economic sphere.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

You have summoned me in my weakness. You must sustain me in your strength.

Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale.

I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.

Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child.

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.

One of the great mistakes is to judge policies and programs by their intentions rather than their results.

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

Fascism entirely agrees with Mr. Maynard Keynes, despite the latter's prominent position as a Liberal. In fact, Mr. Keynes' excellent little book, The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) might, so far as it goes, serve as a useful introduction to fascist economics. There is scarcely anything to object to in it and there is much to applaud.

Modern society is hypnotized by socialism. It is prevented by socialism from seeing the mortal danger it is in. And one of the greatest dangers of all is that you have lost all sense of danger, you cannot even see where it's coming from as it moves swiftly towards you.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

If only the left hated crime as much as they hated hate.

I'm sayin', why spend mine when I can spend yours?

I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free. Amarillo by morning, Amarillo is where I'll be.

The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society.

Next to fried foods, the South has suffered most from oratory.

Finality is not the language of politics.

The Koran is an inspiration for intolerance, murder and terror.

Presidents are selected, not elected.

In times of crisis, it is of utmost importance to keep one's head.

The idea that a congressman would be tainted by accepting money from private industry or private sources is essentially a socialist argument.

All might be free if they valued freedom, and defended it as they should.