Politics Quotes

"The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer" "Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing." "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience" "Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you." "Socialism doesn't work because people need to be free" "It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both" "Russia is a part of European culture. Therefore, it is with difficulty that I imagine NATO as an enemy" "Nobody and nothing will stop Russia on the road to strengthening democracy and ensuring human rights" "What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology" "Things need shaking up politically" "To me, it seems that the countries that are doing the best are those that are distancing themselves from ideology" "The purpose of war is to serve a political end but the true nature of war is to serve itself." "Diplomacy: the art of restraining power" "Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac" "In the general course of human nature, a power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will" "The experience of democracy is like the experience of life itself—always changing, infinite in its variety, sometimes turbulent and all the more valuable for having been tested by adversity" "In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." "And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he jus" "No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I r" "I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend."