Quotes about politics

The ordinary man is an anarchist. He wants to do as he likes. He may want his neighbour to be governed, but he himself doesn’t want to be governed. He is mortally afraid of government officials and policemen.

George Bernard Shaw

The Negro revolution is controlled by foxy white liberals, by the Government itself. But the Black Revolution is controlled only by God.

Malcolm X

As the government is, such will be the man.

Plato

That government that governs least governs best.

Thomas Jefferson

You’re always as good as your last movie and that’s the same with politics. If you are successful with a certain policy, then you’re hot; if you’re successful with the economy, or bringing down the unemployment rate, then you’re hot. But if you’re not successful, then things go south very quickly.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

The difference between them and us is that we want to check government spending and they want to spend government checks.

Ronald Reagan

Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur.

Stephen Hawking

Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest.

Thomas Sowell

I hate politics. It’s slimy. Any job where people pander for votes, I don’t like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you’re not on my side, you’re the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party, like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice.

Mark Cuban

The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

Barack Obama