Quotes about politics
529 quotes from 258 people
I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order.
Mike Penceborn 1959Vice-presidential acceptance speech, Republican National Convention (20 July 2016)
Pericles494–429 BCAs quoted in David Held, Models of Democracy (2006), p. 14Everybody was saying we must have more leisure. Now they are complaining they are unemployed.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh1921–2021In 1981, in reference to an economic recession, as quoted in “Long line of princely gaffes”, BBC News (1 March 2002).
Augusto Pinochet1915–2006As quoted in Hoy magazine (Chile), 23 February 1988The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
Plato429–349 BCAttributed to Plato on the letterhead of the Constitution Party. Reported as unverified in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations compiled by The Library of Congress. Mineola, N.Y., Dover Publications, 2010.
Alexander Pope1688–1744Thoughts on Various Subjects, in Miscellanies (1727)We should therefore claim, in the name of tolerance, the right not to tolerate the intolerant.
Karl Popper1902–1994The Open Society and Its Enemies (1945), Vol. 1, Notes to the Chapters: Ch. 7, Note 4
Enoch Powell1912–1998Enoch Powell, Joseph Chamberlain (1977), p. 151- Enoch Powell1912–1998Speech at Birmingham (“Rivers of Blood”), 20 April 1968
Vladimir Putinborn 1952Responding to Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin, who called himself a former KGB officer. (May 6, 2000)- Vladimir Putinborn 1952Putin Retains Soviet Discipline While Steering Toward Reform (20 February 2000)
- Vladimir Putinborn 1952A plea for caution from Russia, The New York Times, (12 September 2013) / Also published in the Guardian (12 September 2013)
- Vladimir Putinborn 1952Responding to a question “Former Federal Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called you a ‘pure democrat’. Do you consider yourself such?” June 4, 2007
