Political Quotes

Why, so soon as French Canadians, who are in a minority in this House and in the country, were to organise as a political party, they would compel the majority to organise as a political party, and the result must be disastrous to themselves.
Wilfrid Laurier

Country, Why, Themselves

Religious power, which, as I have already said, frequently identifies itself with political power, has always been a protagonist of this bitter struggle, even when it seemingly was neutral.
Salvatore Quasimodo

Power, Struggle, Said

Actually, I think I come at things a whole different way from most people, and, you know, sometimes political answers are one way to solve the problem, and sometimes there are better ways to do it.
Craig Benson

Different, Problem, Sometimes

I don't care what political party is controlling China right now. All I know is we are all Chinese.
Alex Chiu

Care, Party, China

We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.
Patricia Ireland

Family, Nature, Women

Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.
Patricia Ireland

Strong, Powerful, Fight

I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents.
Patricia Ireland

Someone, Democratic, Side

First of all, there's no mention of political parties in the Constitution, so you begin American history with not only no political conventions but also no parties.
Michael Beschloss

History, American, Begin

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
Saffron Burrows

Love, Politics, Parents

That means that every human being - without distinction of sex, age, race, skin color, language, religion, political view, or national or social origin - possesses an inalienable and untouchable dignity.
Hans Kung

Age, Religion, Sex

We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
Leon Askin

Wanted, Situation, Bring

I meet many people, I talk with them, like a TV show host. I show what's going on with Greenpeace, interesing political things, I have artists, musicians and bands.
Nina Hagen

Talk, Show, Musicians

There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination.
Lionel Trilling

Deep, Between, Ideas

Well, it's not a pleasant experience. And it's a terribly political process, because that thing was initiated by the Congress and by, you know, our adversaries in the Congress.
Bruce Babbitt

Experience, Congress, Process

The first Decline I did was out of sheer love and appreciation for the music. In 1977, it was more about bands, because punk was a new form of music. It was groundbreaking and political.
Penelope Spheeris

Love, Music, Punk

It's unbelievable, there's a book out attacking Gore, when he's the most unfortunate loser in political history.
Vincent Bugliosi

History, Book, Loser

No movement finding itself in this stage of struggle can operate by getting authority from the leading body of the political organs for even minor action that is taken and we don't even know in the case of the actions which have publicize whether they are in fact our people.
Joe Slovo

Struggle, Fact, Getting

On the other hand, one factor helps us that no other liberation struggle in this region could count on - our liberation front is characterized by relatively highly developed class forces, tested in political struggles.
Joe Slovo

Struggle, Hand, Class

Therefore, our fight must primarily be a political mass struggle with revolutionary goals.
Joe Slovo

Struggle, Fight, Goals

Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that.
Lyn Nofziger

Politics, War, Live

Political people don't solve stuff - not really. Political people are like guys in pop music.
Bruce Sterling

Music, Stuff, Guys

I don't make political statements; let's all have a laugh. Let's all live and be free. I try and live to the letter of the law, but right on the edge of it.
Mark Roberts

Live, Laugh, Law

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.
A. J. P. Taylor

War, Reason, Matter

I personally believe that those who are leaders with political power over the world will be forced some day, sooner or later, to give way to common sense and the will of the people.
Alva Myrdal

Power, Give, Sense

The economic and political roots of the conflicts are too strong for us to pretend to create a lasting state of harmonious understanding between men.
Alva Myrdal

Men, Strong, Between

It's OK to not be political unless your country is falling apart.
Rickie Lee Jones

Country, Unless, Falling

I would like to be a part of a community of women, and help women be empowered, but I think I'm not necessarily political. I say that because I really hate politicians, so I don't fancy sitting around and thinking about them all the time.
Rickie Lee Jones

Time, Women, Hate

I have no political ambitions for myself or my children.
Joseph P. Kennedy

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.
Phillip E. Johnson

Power, Truth, Science

The great curse of modern political life is incrementalism.
Paul Keating

Life, Great, Modern

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