Politics Quotes

"The great dictator has nothing to do with me."

"Democracy is based on the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people."

"Political systems must serve the people, not the reverse."

"There's nothing to rebel against anymore."

"Democracy and socialism are means to an end, not the end itself. The end is the welfare and happiness of the common man."

"Patriotism cannot be our final ethical code."

"Democracy survives through the participation of its people in the process of governance."

"I have no faith in political promises"

"Being politically minded in my art, I have to acknowledge that the systems we have are deeply corrupt"

"The more I see of democracy, the more I wonder where it's gone"

"I have no belief in politicians, they are all the same"

"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country."

"All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who has to engage in pandering to the people."

"Whenever you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship."

"Well, the Soviets don't have reliable agriculture. They need us to feed their people."

"How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin."

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

"I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism."

"I didn't leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me."

"You can't be for big government, big taxes, and big bureaucracy and still be for the little guy."

"All the waste there is in government are in the offices of the bureaucrats."

"A nation without borders is not a nation."

"It is not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work."

"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem."

"One of the traditional methods of imposing statism or socialism on a people has been to divide the citizens against each other on the basis of class or race."

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried."

"The essence of secularism is not the absence of religion, but the presence of equality."

"Democracy is not a gift; it is a responsibility that each generation must earn anew."

"I don't believe that politics should dictate the way you live your life."

"A man may look ridiculous at home in his armchair, but he is wasting less humanity's time than a politician."