Quotes about Politics
In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.
— Jonathan Krohn
Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.
— Jonathan Krohn
If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?
— Will Rogers
The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as conscience, sworn oaths, justice, duty...
— Victor Hugo
Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee...
— Helen Keller
No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.
— Jay-Z
It's nice to have four years between elections. It takes people that long to regain their faith.
— Anonymous
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The sovereign power of all civil authority is founded in the consent of the people.
— Roger Williams
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.
— Frank Herbert
We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.
— William Howard Taft
It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy
— Barack Obama