Politics Quotes

Globalisation has made us more vulnerable. It creates a world without borders, and makes us painfully aware of the limitations of our present instruments, and of politics, to meet its challenges.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord.

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.

The thing I enjoyed most were visits from children. They did not want public office.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

A liberal is a man who is willing to spend somebody else's money.

There's a problem with political polling in that you have so much pressure to do what your client wants you to do and say what your client wants you to say. I've never felt that pressure. I am independent of the political parties.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.

It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.

In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.

War is the continuation of politics by other means.

I really rebel against this idea that politics has to be a place full of ego and where you're constantly focused on scoring hits against each one another. Yes, we need a robust democracy, but you can be strong, and you can be kind.

I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.

I just use fashion as an excuse to talk about politics. Because I'm a fashion designer, it gives me a voice, which is really good.