Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. "

Related Quotes:

" There's an old joke that politics is Hollywood for ugly people. An awful lot of the press coverage about Washington reads like coverage of Hollywood. Madonna is having some spat with Sean Penn. Who cares? And who cares which politician is mad at that politician? "

Ted Cruz

Politics

People

Mad

" A party of order or stability, and a party of progress or reform, are both necessary elements of a healthy state of political life. "

" The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

President

Above

" The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. "

Ralph Nader

Leadership

Followers

" The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt. "

" Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. "

Robert Louis Stevenson

Preparation

Thought

Only

" I don't think anybody in the entertainment industry or in politics is surprised by the fact that those worlds are rife with promiscuity and irresponsibility - certainly a lack of accountability. "

" I have registered few titles like 'Bharat Bandh,' 'Calendar Girl,' 'Money Politics.' The titles just intrigued me, so I registered. I had a title, 'Jai Ho,' which I gave to Sohail Khan for his next film with Salman Khan. These are typical Madhur Bhandarkar kind of films. I may make a film or not on such titles... not sure yet. "

" What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. "

" There's people coming in who've never done any politics at all, who've never been in a trade union, they've never been in a political party, they've never done anything, but they do feel a kind of urgency. "

" Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do. "

" Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live. "

" I really believe in the radical viewpoint. And I have always believed that one's politics and the character of his particular work are inseparable. "

" There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

America

Principle

Politics

" A political party is about an ideology. And I don't think my goals in politics can match the ideology of any political party. "

" People think that we're engaged with identity politics. The truth is that we're doing what the labor movement has always done - organizing people who are at the bottom. "

" I'd just as soon not get into a discussion about Jane and her politics. I'd just as soon stick to what we're here for, the picture. "

" Bad politics make for bad morals. "

" When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost. "

" The politics of partisanship and the resulting inaction and excuses have paralyzed decision-making, primarily at the federal level, and the big issues of the day are not being addressed, leaving our future in jeopardy. "

" Politics is a science. You can demonstrate that you are right and that others are wrong. "

" I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. "

" I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. "

" We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. "

" I mean that I think I find the psychology of people more interesting than politics. I think the psychology of politics is more interesting than straight politics. "

" In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. "

Alexis de Tocqueville

Friendships

Politics

Almost

" It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. "

" Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. "

" Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics. "

" The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. "