Home
Authors
Tags
App
Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App
" The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Sin
Politics
Fairness
Related Quotes:
" I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. "
John Adams
Politics
Mathematics
War
" You begin to realize that hypocrisy is not a terrible thing when you see what overt fascism is compared to sort of covert, you know, communal politics which the Congress has never been shy of indulging in. "
Arundhati Roy
Realize
You
Hypocrisy
" A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. "
Charles W. Pickering
Politics
Society
Healthy
" In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Death
Out
History
" We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. "
Stephen King
Economics
World
Politics
" President Obama has contempt for real money. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Money
Obama
Real
" Rich people don't like to be in the military. The shoes are ugly and the uniforms itch. Rich people don't go in much for revolution or terrorism, either. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Ugly
People
Revolution
" We need elected officials who care more about policy than politics. "
Christine Todd Whitman
Policy
Need
Who
" Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. "
Henry Adams
Whatever
Politics
Organization
" There are a number of Americans who shouldn't vote. The number is 57 percent, to judge by the combined total of Clinton and Perot ballots in the 1996 presidential election. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Percent
Vote
Number
" I'm a rather decisive type. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Rather
Type
Decisive
" The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. "
Alphonse de Lamartine
People
Admire
See
" All politics is local. "
Thomas P. O'Neill
Local
Politics
" You know your children are growing up when they stop asking you where they came from and refuse to tell you where they're going. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Growing
You
Children
" King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner. "
Benjamin Disraeli
Great
Politics
Success
" I learnt more about politics during one South Dakota dust storm than in seven years at the university. "
Hubert H. Humphrey
Years
Storm
University
" Kids are disorganized. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Disorganized
Kids
" I spent a lot of time behind the Iron Curtain, and their cars were abysmal. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Curtain
Behind
Iron
" People will tell you anything but what they do is always the truth. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Always
People
Will
" In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake. "
Napoleon Bonaparte
Retreat
Never
Mistake
" Now, a lot of people have given up on government. And if you're one of those people, I would ask that you reconsider, because things are changing. Politics is not changing; government is changing. "
Jennifer Pahlka
Politics
People
You
" You have to remember what a super PAC is: a bunch of wealthy donors who want to send a message traditionally other campaigns don't do. This is the problem with the dark money that's involved in politics right now. "
Corey Lewandowski
Remember
Politics
Money
" When my parents force-fed me healthy food, they were confident they were giving me the best. But now, when I feed my children, I am not sure if what I am giving them is safe. Politics and pesticides are destroying our food culture. "
Vijay Sethupathi
Best
Culture
Food
" The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, gurdwaras and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics... This is the difference between India and Pakistan. "
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
Unique
People
" If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval. "
Hillary Clinton
Politics
Service
Make A Difference
" Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. "
Saul Alinsky
Time
Life
Mother
" When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose. "
Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Up
End
Race
" My whole family can talk. They are all car salesmen. They are all funny. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Car
Whole
Talk
" I've never been able to get it straight about what these people who are worried about the trade deficit are worried about. "
P. J. O'Rourke
Never
Trade
People
" The money in politics is a cash cow for the media. "
Noam Chomsky
Cow
Cash
Media