Quotes about Politics

I think Ronald Reagan was one of the great presidents, period, not just recently. I thought he had the demeanor. I thought he had the bearing. I thought he had the thought process.

Politics is a profession a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.

The four most miserable years of my life were my four years in the presidency.

We must make it clear that a platform of 'I hate gay men and women' is not a way to become president of the United States.

I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths.

Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

Divide and rule.

Cable television is basically now the business of former political professionals. Joe Scarborough, a former Florida Congressman, is a far more successful cable host than he ever was a politician.