Quotes of: Political-issues Keyword

I don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.

Tony Kushner

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Theresa May

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Tom Tancredo

And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn't have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery.

Vince Cable

To rely upon conviction, devotion, and other excellent spiritual qualities; that is not to be taken seriously in politics.

Vladimir Lenin

I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.

Vijay Mallya

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

Winston Churchill

If someone doesn't have a reason to not like you in America, they talk politics or religion. Then they get to hate you and we get to be enemies.

Wale

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of their enforcement.

William Howard Taft

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

Zygmunt Bauman

I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.

Zac Goldsmith

Young people understand the world. They should be listened to on matters of politics and world organization. But they know nothing of their own lives.

Zadie Smith

I spend all day figuring out how to beat the machine and knock the crap out of the political power structure.

Bella Abzug

The reality is that when three or four networks are at the table with three or four political parties, someone is going to be the victim.

Rick Mercer

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

Tom Vilsack

A sports journalist doesn't have to be sporty any more than a political journalist has to be an opportunistic liar.

Life

A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though.

Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.

Andrea Dworkin

My top priority for 2012 will be to make a renewed push for women's economic empowerment and political participation.

Michelle Bachelet

If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

Madeleine M. Kunin

Now, since I'm a husband and father, discrimination against women isn't just political, it's personal.

Warren Farrell