Politics Quotes - Page 43

Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.

They that possess the prince possess the laws.

In the early sixties, we were strong, we were virulent.

When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

The right to be a journalist is part of the Bill of Rights.

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

Revolution is the opium of the intellectuals.

Certainly the policy is right and good politics usually follow good policy.

From politics it was an easy step to silence.

Those who hold and those who are without property have ever formed distinct interests in society.

To me the function of politics is to make possible the desirable.

The trouble with Nixon is that he's a serious politics junkie. He's totally hooked and like any other junkie, he's a bummer to have around, especially as President.

We love the blather and boast, the charge and counter-charge of campaigning. Governing is a tougher deal.

I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.

I court not the votes of the fickle mob.

We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.

There are far too many men in politics and not enough elsewhere.

The question of questions for the politicians should ever be-What type of social structure am I tending to produce? But this is a question he never entertains.

You will expect me to discuss the late election. Well, as nearly as I can learn, we did not have enough votes on our side.

How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

As a historian, he felt it his duty to respect everything that had ever been respected, except for the occasional statesman.

To me party platforms are contracts with the people.

Whenever a fellow tells me he's bipartisan, I know he's going to vote against me.

Whenever you put a man on the Supreme Court he ceases to be your friend.