Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [521-540] of 769 Politics quotesPolitics QuotesPolitics Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free.~ P. J. O'Rourke Every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered...History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.~ George Orwell The Party is not interested in the overt act. The thought is all we care about.~ George Orwell The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.~ George Orwell Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidarity to pure wind.~ George Orwell The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.~ George Orwell Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.~ George Orwell Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.~ George Orwell Petty laws breed great crimes.~ Ouida The trade of governing has always been monopolized by the most ignorant and the most rascally individuals of mankind.~ Thomas Paine When you sit down to negotiate on what you already have, you lose.~ Marie J. Parente The worst forms of tyranny, or certainly the most successful ones, are not those we rail against but those that so insinuate themselves into the imagery of our consciousness, and the fabric of our lives, as not to be perceived as tyranny.~ Michael Parenti The enormous gap between what U.S. leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.~ Michael Parenti Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the principles of liberty and support for the people? Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.~ Dr. Ron Paul Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest clout, those who are the best lobbyists, those who go and they grab. And whether it's the medical industrial complex, or the banking industry, or the military industrial complex, that's who ends up controlling our government... For so long, conservatives and constitutionalists have lost the argument, they lost the moral high ground. Because those who want to give things away, not talking about where they steal it from, but they want to give things and take care of people, they get the moral high ground and they come by as being compassionate. And we who believe in liberty, we lack compassion. But the truth is, there's only one compassionate system known to man, and that is freedom and personal responsibility, then there's enough wealth, and then we will all have personal responsibility to use this compassion that we have, first to take care of our families and friends and neighbors, and there would be so much wealth that we could spread this wealth around the world.~ Dr. Ron Paul Assuming that either the left wing or the right wing gained control of the country, it would probably fly around in circles.~ Pat Paulsen All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian.~ Pat Paulsen The art of living is the art of knowing how to believe lies.~ Cesare Pavese Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.~ Lester B. Pearson You demonize...we call it the wrap-up smear, you smear somebody with falsehoods and all the rest, and then you merchandise it and then you write it and say, "See, it's reported in the press that this, this, and this..." so they have that validation that the press reported the smear and then it's called a wrap-up-smear and the merchandise is the press' report on the smear we made. It's a tactic, and it's self-evident.~ Nancy Pelosi Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print