Political Quotes

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.

The only good political movement I've seen lately was Occupy Wall Street. They had no leaders, which was genius. But unfortunately it always ends up with some hippy playing a flute.

But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions.

The exchange program is the thing that reconciles me to all the difficulties of political life.

It's perfectly reasonable in a coalition between two political parties that you get supporters of those parties you know stressing the things they want to stress.

The association promotes a way of life, not causes; a harmony in living, not political faiths; a bilateral loyalty, not commercial or social projects. Yet it is an association for as noble a purpose as any involved in any prior decisions.

The Muslim world and its subset the countries of the Middle East have been left behind in the marathon of political, economic and human development. For that, there is a tendency to blame others as the primary cause.

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

I grew up in Sydney in a very political household, where we were all for the underdog.

Put three Zionists in a room and they will form four political parties.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist.

Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.

How can you tell when a political ideology has become the equivalent of a religion?

There is a process of social and of political differentiation going on in the real working class all the time.

What I've found is that there is a tremendous interest in these issues, across the political spectrum, sort of left-right terms we used to describe people don't really hold here exactly.

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.

It's important to feel beautiful; it's political to feel beautiful.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

I don't see it in terms of changing things, but rather using language and music as weapons for fighting a mainstream media which is predominately right wing, and loyal to the political framework and its corporate interests.

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

South Australia was the first community to give the secret ballot for political elections.

Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material.

When it came to political power, blacks need not apply. Add to this steaming stew the growing tensions over the Vietnam War and the movement for civil rights, and you had plenty of elements to fire the imagination of a novice journalist.

We have the means and the capacity to deal with our problems, if only we can find the political will.

We felt that although they were patchy, there was a tremendous political energy in the Henry plays.

I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

The US and the European Union needs to help in the translation of the demand for democracy into a political will.

There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners.

We cannot wait for governments to do it all. Globalization operates on Internet time. Governments tend to be slow moving by nature, because they have to build political support for every step.