Quotes about politics
529 quotes from 258 people
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age.
A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.
Robert Frost1874–1963Attributed to Frost in Harvey Shapiro “Story of the Poem”, The New York Times (January 15, 1961), sec. SM, p. 6; and in Guy Davenport, The Geography of the Imagination (San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981), p. 208Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.
Milton Friedman1912–2006Capitalism and Freedom (1962), Ch. 1 The Relation Between Economic Freedom and Political Freedom, 2002 edition, page 15A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Theodore Roosevelt1858–1919“Platform Insincerity” in The Outlook, Vol. 101, No. 13 (27 July 1912), p. 660
George Orwell1903–1950Politics and the English Language (1946)I’m not a member of any organized political party, I’m a Democrat!
Will Rogers1879–1935Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom (1935), Ch. 9 “Rogers was a lifelong Democrat but he studiously avoided partisanshipA world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
Margaret Thatcher1925–2013Speech at a Soviet Official banquet, St George’s Halls, the Kremlin (30 March 1987)Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
