Political Quotes

Due to the fact that I experienced personally the situation of a political prisoner, I have an historical commitment to all those that were or are prisoners just because they expressed their views, their public opinion, their own opinions.

Most of what needs to be changed in the euro zone can be done without treaty changes. The demand for treaty change is as political as it is legal and I don't think it's going to happen soon.

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

In the spring and summer of 1989, a serious political disturbance took place in China.

The American people know the economy is too weak. Too many of them are suffering. So the question for Washington is, are we going to continue to play political games and - and - or are we going to say, we can do something right now to create jobs, to put money in the pockets of the middle-class, hire construction workers, teachers, veterans?

Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.

I mean, the people who run Guantanamo, the military, pretty much dismiss complaints by the detainees because they say that they're all created as part of a political process to sort of fake complaints and get public support.

Obamacare represents a shocking display of political arrogance. It's about time Washington started listening to Americans' common sense voices.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

The introduction of political pluralism often quickly led to bad results.

No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats.

Mr. Ware has no right to discharge any of his laborers on account of their political opinion.

We were united not only by political respect for each other, but also by deep mutual sympathy as people.

It's a fantasy that we could have a president who could actually make choices based on what's right, rather than having to weigh the political fallout. But that's sort of what we're showing. And you can dream.

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged.

In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.

Terrorism, ladies and gentlemen, in my eyes I have a very, very, very simple explanation. Gangs of criminals, killers, used unfortunately by certain governments in the past for political purposes, who are on their own now as gangs.

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.

I wouldn't say I'm a political junkie. I follow it. I read a few articles every day.

The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events.

Until the last great war, a general expectation of material improvement was an idea peculiar to Western man. Now war and its aftermath have made economic and social progress a political imperative in every quarter of the globe.

I was a Political Science major.

A political prisoner is someone who is out fighting for his or her people's rights and freedom and is imprisoned for that alone.

A profound political question is suddenly on the table: Must the country continue to give precedence to private financial gain and market determinism over human lives and broad public values?

We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.

There is an incompatibility between literary creation and political activity.

A national political campaign is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

The demands of the present must stand above the political habits of the past.