Quotes about politics

I don’t believe in government. I hate politics. I’m against it. And I hope that sometime this fall, we can destroy part of our government, and next year destroy even more of it. The less government, the happier I will be.

Ray Bradbury

Democracy, the practice of self-government, is a covenant among free men to respect the rights and liberties of their fellows.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

People were tired of wasteful government programs and welfare chiselers; and they were angry about the constant spiral of taxes and government regulations, arrogant bureaucrats, and public officials who thought all of mankind’s problems could be solved by throwing the taxpayers’ dollars at them.

Ronald Reagan

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one – in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Walter Bagehot

The average American has separated his private life from his existence as a member of his society, and leaves that to the specialists in the government to take care of.

Erich Fromm

The character inherent in the American people has done all that has been accomplished; and it would have done somewhat more, if the government had not sometimes got in its way.

Henry David Thoreau

Politics, as a trade, finds most and leaves nearly all dishonest.

Abraham Lincoln

We, the people of South Africa, declare for all our country and the world to know: That South Africa belongs to all who live in it, black and white, and that no government can justly claim authority unless it is based on the will of the people.

Nelson Mandela

Whatever we get from the government or other people – even one rupee we get, we give it to the poor. Completely free service.

Mother Teresa

You help me, I’ll help you. That’s politics.

Terry McAuliffe