This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.
PlatoRonald Reagan used to alarm his Soviet counterparts by saying that surely they’d both unite against an invasion from Mars.
Christopher HitchensGray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can’t run a state.
Arnold SchwarzeneggerA government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.
George Bernard ShawI think our politicians could learn a lot from Mandela.
Clint EastwoodOne does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes a revolution in order to establish a dictatorship.
George OrwellI can’t go out with a Republican.
Madeleine AlbrightI told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But if I would’ve voted, I would’ve voted for Trump.
Kanye WestDemocracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
AristotleI almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
Fidel CastroBe extra careful in the work environment with those who like to maintain their position through charm and being political, rather than getting things done. They are very prone to envying and hating those who work hard and get results. They will slander and sabotage you without any warning.
Robert GreeneI’m going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I’m able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.
Jimmy CarterA gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
Joe BidenObama himself has been highly supportive of Mubarak.
Noam ChomskyWhen Reagan left office, he was the most unpopular living president, apart from Nixon, even below Carter. If you look at his years in office, he was not particularly popular. He was more or less average. He severely harmed the American economy.
Noam ChomskyRichard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he’d lie just to keep his hand in.
Harry S. TrumanI can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn’t mean I won’t run.
Joe BidenFidel Castro, whatever people may think of him, is a hero in Latin America, primarily because he stood up to the United States.
Noam ChomskyThe means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.
James MadisonNothing could make me forget what the Reagan years had actually been like.
Christopher HitchensBefore I became a chief minister, I never thought that one day I’d be the chief minister.
Narendra ModiA specter is haunting Europe – the specter of communism.
Karl MarxOne of the things being in politics has taught me is that men are not a reasoned or reasonable sex.
Margaret ThatcherAnd they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.
Gilbert K. ChestertonDiplomacy: the art of restraining power.
Henry KissingerThe Republican Party has become overwhelmingly so extreme that it’s hardly a traditional political party anymore.
Noam ChomskySocialism is the same as Communism, only better English.
George Bernard ShawThere’s no political point worth my son’s life.
Joe BidenThere will be no whitewash in the White House.
Richard M. NixonThe mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
Richard M. NixonI’m glad I’m not Brezhnev. Being the Russian leader in the Kremlin. You never know if someone’s tape recording what you say.
Richard M. NixonAn election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.
George Bernard ShawFor all who love freedom and peace, the world without Saddam Hussein’s regime is a better and safer place.
George W. BushThe government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world.
Noam ChomskyIf you believe that tax policy has nothing to do with the economy, then you’re pretty much like a rock, only dumber.
John KennedyI don’t say very much I don’t really think through. I know that sounds inconsistent with Joe Biden.
Joe BidenPoetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.
Robert FrostI pay attention to politics and technology.
Nipsey HussleDemocracy passes into despotism.
PlatoI have a reputation for taking on governors a lot more powerful than me.
John KennedyYou begin saving the world by saving one man at a time; all else is grandiose romanticism or politics.
Charles BukowskiThere’s nothing like white trash at the White House.
Dolly PartonObama, of course, outspent McCain.
Noam ChomskyMy objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
Benjamin DisraeliTimid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
Thomas JeffersonPractical politics consists in ignoring facts.
Henry AdamsIn my view of the present aspect of affairs, there is no need of bloodshed and war. There is no necessity for it. I am not in favor of such a course, and I may say in advance, there will be no blood shed unless it be forced upon the government. The government will not use force unless force is used against it.
Abraham LincolnTrump has no sense of shame.
Colin PowellA President cannot always be popular.
Harry S. TrumanGovernments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.
Ronald ReaganNo party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy – well, you do the math. I refuse to go along with that. And as long as I’m President, I never will.
Barack ObamaWhen you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.
Angelina JolieWhen our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it’s the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone’s talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false ‚intelligence‘ and selected ‚leaks.‘
Brian EnoThe right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
Benjamin DisraeliA politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.
Harry S. TrumanNo man is good enough to govern another man without the other’s consent.
Abraham LincolnNo man should be in politics unless he would honestly rather not be there.
Henry AdamsWhen Rumsfeld gets up on television and says we have definitive intelligence that al Qaeda is working with Iraq, how is an ordinary citizen supposed to react? They won’t tell you the evidence, and when anyone asks, they say, ‚Well, you know: It’s secret.‘
Noam ChomskyAny lady who is first lady likes being first lady. I don’t care what they say, they like it.
Richard M. NixonWe are not about to send American boys 9 or 10 thousand miles away from home to do what Asian boys ought to be doing for themselves.
Lyndon B. Johnson