Quotes about Politics
When you talk about evangelicals, don't forget that a significant proportion of the evangelical community is African American. And most African Americans - well over 90 percent, thoroughly evangelical, thoroughly biblical - will probably vote Democratic.
— Tony Campolo
No person connected with me by blood or marriage will be appointed to office.
— Rutherford B. Hayes
States will never be happy until rulers become philosophers or philosophers become rulers. —PLATO, The Republic
— Marcus Aurelius
It was after the catastrophe, when they shot the president and machine-gunned the Congress and the army declared a state of emergency. They blamed it on the Islamic fanatics, at the time. Keep calm, they said on television. Everything is under control.
— Margaret Atwood
Detente - isn't that what a farmer has with his turkey - until Thanksgiving?
— Ronald Reagan
If a tax hike makes it to my desk, I'll veto it in less time than it takes Vanna White to turn the letters V-E-T-O!
— Ronald Reagan
Modern candidates seem to have to live with political matters all the time. In my father's time, a politician's home was still his castle.
— Rose Kennedy
Jesus was soft on crime. He'd never have been elected anything.
— Anne Lamott
What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?
— Shane Claiborne
Sometimes party loyalty asks too much.
— John F. Kennedy
We're heading into nut country today.
— John F. Kennedy
Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole.
— John F. Kennedy