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Politics Quotes - random - 100+ quotes


American university presidents are a nervous breed; I have never thought well of them as a class.
Benjamin Disraeli
The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.
Paul Valery
Politics is the art of stopping people from minding their own business.




Tony Blair
I can't stand politicians who wear God on their sleeves.
John Sparrow Thompson
These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence.
Nikita Khrushchev | Politics Quotes
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
James Bovard
Citizens should distrust politicians who distrust freedom.
Mark Twain
Only presidents, editors and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we".
E. L. Doctorow
Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
Bernard Mandeville
Private Vices by the dextrous Management of a skilful Politician may be turned into Publick Benefits.
Taylor Horn | Politics Quotes
On receiving a letter from President Bush.




Alice Roosevelt Longworth
I can be President of the United States, or I can control Alice. I cannot possibly do both.
John Kenneth Galbraith
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.
Michael Bloomberg
"Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States."
George Monbiot
No political challenge can be met by shopping.
Armenia stands firm on gaining full political independence.
Tom Wolfe
A sect, incidentally, is a religion with no political power.
Thomas Sankara
"A military without political training is a potential criminal." - Thomas Sankara
Roy Hattersley
In politics, being ridiculous is more damaging than being extreme.
Alexis de Tocqueville
Alternative translation: In politics... shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships.


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