Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [581-600] of 769 Politics quotesPolitics QuotesPolitics Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes If Americans wish to preserve a country they will recognize, then the first step is to recognize the enemy. Public education is the enemy. The entertainment industry is the enemy. The corporate culture is the enemy. The advertising industry is the enemy. And most of the politicians in both parties are the enemy. An enemy is defined as anybody, or any organization, which is attacking the traditional beliefs of Americans.~ Charley Reese To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.~ Jean-Francois Revel Perhaps the deterioration of American education is illustrated by the high correlation between the number of years a person has attended school and his inability to understand the words "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." It is more likely, though, that those who interpret the Second Amendment to preclude an individual right to own guns are driven by their political agenda. Whichever the case, they do themselves no credit when they tell us that a simple, elegant sentence means the opposite of what it clearly says.~ Sheldon Richman The media, far from being a conspiracy to dull the political sense of the people, could be viewed as a conspiracy to disguise the extent of political indifference.~ David Riesman Confronted with such a tight regulation, can man pretend to be free because the tyranny he is subjected to derives from the law? Of course, the legal power is not called "tyranny" since it appears to be established by the general will in the common interest, and since, in any event, occurrences of arbitrary power are infrequent. But a master's equity does not mean that his subjects are not slaves. ... And when their servitude lasts and their thoughts follow their behavior, the state becomes totalitarian and subjection is complete. Since it is legal servitude, the regime is still said to be democratic. Such is the hypocrisy of political language.~ Georges Ripert Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.~ Tom Robbins In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.~ Paul Craig Roberts Poltical campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration (thinking) man can normally muster.~ James Harvey Robinson If something is wrong for you or me, it is also wrong for the cop, the soldier, the mayor, the governor, the general, the Fed chairman, the president. Theft does not become acceptable when they call it taxation, counterfeiting when they call it monetary policy, kidnapping when they call it the draft, mass murder when they call it foreign policy. We understand that it is never acceptable to wield violence nor the threat of violence against the innocent, whether by the mugger or the politician.~ Lew Rockwell A foreigner coming here and reading the Congressional Record would say that the President of the United States was elected solely for the purpose of giving Senators somebody to call a horse thief.~ Will Rogers I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father'. ~ Will Rogers The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.~ Will Rogers If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change our lobbies, we need to change our representatives.~ Will Rogers This thing about getting rid of a man in the Cabinet is all right, but there is one bad feature to it that few people realize. That is, that unfortunately every one of them is replaced by someone else. If it wasn't for that, this resignation business would be great.~ Will Rogers The minute you read something that you can't understand, you can almost be sure it was drawn up by a lawyer.~ Will Rogers The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.~ Will Rogers Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy until you can find a rock.~ Will Rogers On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.~ Will Rogers O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!~ Madame Jeanne-Marie Roland Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.~ Eleanor Roosevelt Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print