Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [41-60] of 769 Politics quotesPolitics QuotesPolitics Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Believe me, it is not failing to speak out with promptitude and energy that is the matter with you; it is having nothing consistent or valuable to say.~ Matthew Arnold [The US has] developed two coordinate governing classes: the one, called ‘business,' building cities, manufacturing and distributing goods, and holding complete and autocratic power over the livelihood of millions; the other, called ‘government,' concerned with preaching and exemplification of spiritual ideals, so caught in a mass of theory, that when it wished to move in a practical world it had to do so by means of a sub rosa political machine.~ Thurman Arnold Politically popular speech has always been protected: even the Jews were free to say ‘Heil Hitler.’~ Isaac Asimov Politically popular speech has always been protected: even the Jews were free to say ‘Heil Hitler.’~ Isaac Asimov Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction.~ W. H. Auden Put no faith in salvation through the political order.~ Augustine of Hippo I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble.~ Caesar Augustus All governments are more or less combinations against the people...and as rulers have no more virtue than the ruled...the power of government can only be kept within its constituted bounds by the display of a power equal to itself, the collected sentiment of the people.~ Benjamin Franklin Bache The Democrats and Republicans stand at two extremes, characterized by which parts of our lives they emphasize their desire to control. Libertarians reject both extremes in favor of the government leaving control of your life to you.~ Michael Badnarik In the US, voters cast ballots for individual candidates who are not bound to any party program except rhetorically, and not always then. Some Republicans are more liberal than some Democrats, some libertarians are more radical than some socialists, and many local candidates run without any party identification. No American citizen can vote intelligently without knowledge of the ideas, political background, and commitments of each individual candidate.~ Ben H. Bagdikian Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.~ F. Lee Bailey The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights.~ Mikhail A. Bakunin The price one pays for pursuing any profession, or calling, is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.~ James Baldwin In any age, the so-called progressives treat politics as their religion. Their holy mission is to use the coercive power of the State to remake man and society in their own image, according to an abstract ideal of perfection. Whatever means they use are therefore justified because, by definition, they are a virtuous people pursing a deific end. They are willing to use any means necessary to gain momentary advantage in achieving their end, regardless of collateral consequences and the systemic implications. They never ask whether the actions they take could be justified as a general rule of conduct, equally applicable to all sides.~ William Barr The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and time again that they have the management skills of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country club.~ Dave Barry If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very, very low crime rate.~ Mayor Marion Barry I am making this trip to Africa because Washington is an international city, just like Tokyo, Nigeria or Israel. As mayor, I am an international symbol. Can you deny that to Africa?~ Mayor Marion Barry The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.~ Mayor Marion Barry Thought that is silenced is always rebellious. Majorities, of course, are often mistaken. This is why the silencing of minorities is necessarily dangerous. Criticism and dissent are the indispensable antidote to major delusions.~ Alan Barth Democrats will play the old Washington game of calling reductions in the rate of growth of spending for any program a 'cut'.~ Bruce Bartlett Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print