Politics Quotes - Page 60

He alone who walks strict and upright, and who, in matters of opinion, will be contented that others should be as free as himself and acquiesce when his opinion is freely overruled, will attain his object in the end.

Error indeed has often prevailed by the assistance of power or force. Truth is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error.

We often repent of what we have said, but never, never, of that which we have not.

Anarchy [is] necessarily consequent to inefficiency.

Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical.

A politician must often talk and act before he has thought and read. He may be very ill informed respecting a question: all his notions about it may be vague and inaccurate; but speak he must. And if he is a man of ability, of tact, and of intrepidity, he soon finds that, even under such circumstances, it is possible to speak successfully.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

It is, of course, the merest truism to say a party is of use only so far as it serves the nation.

What counts in a man or in a nation is not what the man or the nation can do, but what he or it actually does.

I don't go so far as to think that the only good Indians are dead Indians, but I believe nine out of ten are, and I shouldn't like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth.

It occurs to us that so-called "freedom fries" kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.

I'm just a socialist at heart.

The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.

The Web is trivially simple - massively successful and its like Karaoke - anybody can do it.

Would anyone else like to say anything nice about women?

I believe everyone here has a right to speak out on politics as effectively as possible.

In the struggle between those seeking power there is no middle course.

It has always been thought perfectly womanly to be a scrub- woman in the Legislature and to take care of the spittoons; that is entirely within the charmed circle of woman's sphere; but for women to occupy any of those official seats would be degrading.

Hell is full of high court judges.

I was known to spout off about [ politics and religion] sometimes, especially in my drinkin' days! It was pretty dangerous actually.

Is that really the issue [of bathrooms and gender] we want to be pushing leading up to a momentous election like this one? It's that shortsightedness that comes from identity politics.

... what's been building since the 1980's is a new kind of social Darwinism that blames poverty and crime and the crisis of our youth on a breakdown of the family. That's what will last after this flurry on family values.

Wise men and gods are on the strongest side.

Once people know that you can spend the money and that you're willing to spend the money and that you're set up to spend the money in politics, then your threat to spend the money is as convincing as actually spending it.

Give me some credit for the hell I've paid.