Political Quotes

You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament.

When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that.

There is no history of mankind, there are only many histories of all kinds of aspects of human life. And one of these is the history of political power. This is elevated into the history of the world.

All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I've gone off the top, into total fantasy.

The late development of mass industrial organization in the United States has both stimulated and retarded the political development of the American working class.

The world's problem is not too many people, but lack of political and economic freedom.

'Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.

You want to toe the line with tough investigations without falling into political grandstanding inherent in Washington on both sides of the aisle.

It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say.

I don't believe any person looking for work is fearful of political judgment. Government is a large institution, and if they believe that people are going to get rid of good employees for political reasons, that's absurd.

I don't think it's the job of theatre at the moment to provide political propaganda; that would be simplistic. We have to explore our situation further before we will understand it.

In the heat of our campaigns, we have all become accustomed to a little anger and exaggeration. Yet, on the whole, our political process has served us well.

Make no mistake: The organization of the working class must be both economic and political. The capitalist is organized upon both lines. You must attack him on both.

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.

People's sex habits are as well known in Hollywood as their political opinions, and much less criticized.

I have sung for Americans of every political persuasion, and I am proud that I never refuse to sing to an audience, no matter what religion or color of their skin, or situation in life.

I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement.

And internalization is used in this country as a very effective political tool.

The political health of Britain has deteriorated very sharply. The Conservative Party must do something about it. I am the man to do it.

Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

The way forward is by building political support for republican and democratic objectives across Ireland and by winning support for these goals internationally.

On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates might change but the chairs don't move. In the economy, the number of chairs can actually increase.

So I think we're, we're, we're as broad a political party, if not broader than the Democratic Party, just in a different political spectrum.

It has always seemed slightly uncomfortable, the idea of politicised musicians. Very few of them are clever enough to do it; if they're good at the political side, the music side suffers, and vice versa.

I try not to put anything political on the forefront of what I'm trying to do creatively. At the same time, I do think it's wonderful when I hear people say that it's inspirational that I'm an Indian woman on camera. My life is very diverse, and my friends are a diverse group of people.

The why is what makes journalism an adult game. The why is what makes policy coherent and useful. The why is what transforms bureaucrats and foot soldiers and political leaders into viable instruments of rational and affirmative change. The why is everything and without it, the very suggestion of human progress becomes a cosmic joke.

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature.

During a political campaign everyone is concerned with what a candidate will do on this or that question if he is elected except the candidate; he's too busy wondering what he'll do if he isn't elected.

It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.