Politics Quotes

Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.

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"Bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is afoot."
George Carlin
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"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities?"
George Carlin
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"They will gladly give up political prisoners to the point of suicide and murder—anything, anything!"
George Carlin
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"Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex."
George Carlin
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"You know what the problem is? People don't vote. Half the country doesn't even vote."
Dave Chappelle
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"The drug war is a failure."
Dave Chappelle
D
"Politics is local."
Dave Chappelle
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"The real obscenity is not the words we use but the world we live in."
Lenny Bruce
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"Communism is like one big phone company."
Lenny Bruce
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"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."
Lenny Bruce
L
"I'm sick of the whole system, and I'm not interested in making nice."
Lenny Bruce
D
"Politics is about who gets to decide, and everyone should have a say."
Dave Chappelle
R
"Politics without principles is empty rhetoric."
Richard Pryor
R
"Politics is too important to be left to politicians alone."
Robin Williams
R
"Politics should be about serving, not dominating."
Robin Williams
C
"Politics is about making difficult choices."
Chris Rock
"Politics should serve the people, not divide them."
Eddie Murphy
D
"Politics is the art of compromise and conviction."
Dave Chappelle
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"Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The real power is in the hands of small groups of financial entities and corporations."
George Carlin
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"The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged. Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care."
George Carlin
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"I'm completely in favor of the separation of church and state. My position is that churches should not be involved in politics."
George Carlin
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"All the stuff you like has been tested by the government to make sure it doesn't work."
George Carlin
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"Our country is founded on whitewashing and bull-shit and our religions are based on lies."
George Carlin
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"You can't have it both ways. You can't love your country and hate the government."
George Carlin
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"By the way, next time somebody tells you democracy is the best system we've come up with, remember they also think styrofoam is a good idea."
George Carlin
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"The owner of the company is not an American. He's an international corporate entity."
George Carlin
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"We have two American political parties - the war party and the corporate party."
George Carlin
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"The greatest threat to America is not communism. It's moving to Canada."
Stephen Colbert
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"You can't say the government is the problem and then ask the government to fix it."
Stephen Colbert
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"The greatest threat facing America is Americans."
Stephen Colbert