Politics Quotes

Hatred, anger, and violence can destroy us: the politics of polarization is dangerous.

The Kingdom is the love of God prevailing in politics, in business, in government, in media. It is all the impact of the laws of God creating a social environment where the strong help the weak, where those who have give to those who don't. It's a society where relationships are built on love.

Politics should not be a lifelong career, and elected officials should not be allowed to fix themselves in the halls of power of a nation.

I'm a Republican. I may go into politics myself.

Just as Darwin discovered the law of development of organic nature, so Marx discovered the law of development of human history: the simple fact, hitherto concealed by an overgrowth of ideology, that mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing, before it can pursue politics, science, art, religion, etc.

The central conservative truth is that it is culture, not politics, that determines the success of a society. The central liberal truth is that politics can change a culture and save it from itself.

Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood.

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. he will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.

Hypocrisy is the scarlet letter in politics.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think.

You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to.

The intersection of law, politics, and technology is going to force a lot of good thinking.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

I like to see myself as a bridge builder, that is me building bridges between people, between races, between cultures, between politics, trying to find common ground.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.

The most powerful force in American politics is not anger, it's nostalgia.

Do you follow American politics? They hate Obama. Hate him. He's a black man. That's what it is: it's racist. This guy is no bleeding-heart liberal. He's a centrist.