What are some of your favorite political quotes of all time?
Please, no arguments about politics here. If you want to argue, go to my other questions.
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" -Gandhi
"Religion is the opiate of the masses"-Karl Marx
Ignorance is Bliss
Slavery is Freedom
War is Peace (from 1984, pretty authoritarian)
"One Death is a tragedy. A Million is a statistic"-Josef Stalin
(Although I hated Stalin and his murderous ways, this quote sends shivers down my spine)
January 17th, 2010 at 4:30 pm
Ignorance is Bless
Slavery is Freedom
War is Peace
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January 17th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
By far my favorite… LOL
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January 17th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
"An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind" -Gandhi
"Religion is the opiate of the masses"-Karl Marx
Ignorance is Bliss
Slavery is Freedom
War is Peace (from 1984, pretty authoritarian)
"One Death is a tragedy. A Million is a statistic"-Josef Stalin
(Although I hated Stalin and his murderous ways, this quote sends shivers down my spine)
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January 17th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
-Dwight D Eisenhower
(although I wish he would have said "military-industrial-congressional" complex, as was originally in the speech")
"The clergy, by getting themselves established by law and ingrafted into the machine of government, have been a very formidable engine against the civil and religious rights of man."
-Thomas Jefferson
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January 17th, 2010 at 6:29 pm
I’m the decider!
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January 17th, 2010 at 7:06 pm
"Left Unalakleet warmth for rain in Juneau tonite. No drought threat down here, ever but consistent rain reminds us: ‘No rain? No rainbow!’" –one of many Tweets by Sarah Palin that William Shatner recited as poetry on "The Tonight Show"
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January 17th, 2010 at 7:52 pm
I DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THAT WOMAN, MS LEWINSKY
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paraphrasing – A union that must be preserved by force, is not a union worth preserving – George Washington.
January 17th, 2010 at 8:35 pm
"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." -Ben Franklin-
Take that you Patriot Act cowards.
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January 17th, 2010 at 8:58 pm
"I’m no crook", Richard Nixon
"They won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around any more" Richard Nixon after losing to JFK in 1960.
"That dog won’t hunt", Bill Clinton numerous times.
"It’s the economy, Stupid", Hillary Clinton during the 1992 campaign.
"I’m a Contra", Ronald Reagan.
"I have lusted in my heart", Jimmy Carter on his ideas about "other women."
"This is nothing but a high tech lynching", Clarance Thomas during his confirmation process.
"I’m all ears", Ross Perot
"My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", JFK.
"My fellow Americans, I come here tonight with a heavy heart", LBJ on the night of Nov. 23rd, 1963.
"Honey, I forget to duck", Ronald Reagan telling Nancy why he got shot.
"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself", FDR.
"Speak softly, but carry a big stick", Teddy Roosevelt.
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January 17th, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Your enemies are better inside the tent pissing out than outside the tent pissing in.–LBJ
The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.–GWB
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January 17th, 2010 at 10:15 pm
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. GW Bush.
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January 17th, 2010 at 10:26 pm
"Read my lips no new taxes" a Bush senior quote. He broke that promise by the way.
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January 17th, 2010 at 10:35 pm
"As most of you know…I inherited this problem from the previous administration"…….Barack Obama 2009
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January 17th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Anything from Reagan:
‘Here’s my strategy on the Cold War:
We win, they lose.’- Ronald Reagan
‘The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’-Ronald Reagan
‘The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.’- Ronald Reagan
‘I have wondered at times about what the Ten Commandments would have looked like if Moses had run them through the U.S. Congress.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘The taxpayer: That’s someone who works for the federal government but doesn’t have to take the civil service examination.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it’ – Ronald Reagan
‘Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed, there are many rewards; if you disgrace yourself, you can always write a book.’ – Ronald Reagan
‘No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.’- Ronald Reagan
‘If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.’- Ronald Reagan
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January 17th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime … He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation … And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction … So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real…"
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003
"I will be voting to give the President of the United States the authority to use force — if necessary — to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security."
- Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Oct. 9, 2002
"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."
- President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998
"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction program."
- President Bill Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998
"We must stop Saddam from ever again jeopardizing the stability and security of his neighbors with weapons of mass destruction."
- Madeline Albright, Feb 1, 1998
"He will use those weapons of mass destruction again, as he has ten times since 1983."
- Sandy Berger, Clinton National Security Adviser, Feb, 18, 1998
"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq’s refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs."
Letter to President Clinton.
- (D) Senators Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, others, Oct. 9, 1998
"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process."
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998
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January 18th, 2010 at 12:05 am
Mark Twain’s quotations about political philosophy are worth reading I’ll say.
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January 18th, 2010 at 12:50 am
My favorite and probably most popular…
"Fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for you country."
My second favorite.
"Fellow citizens of the World, ask not what America can do you for you, but together we can do for the freedom man."
My third favorite.
“If you’re not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you’re not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
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January 18th, 2010 at 1:31 am
I feel your pain
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January 18th, 2010 at 1:47 am
"Hope & Change". ("Ropes & Chains".)
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January 18th, 2010 at 2:10 am
Almost anything by Sir Winston Churchill.
"A love for tradition has never weakened a nation, indeed it has strengthened nations in their hour of peril."
"All great things are simple, and many can be expressed in single words: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
"It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried."
"The vice of capitalism is that it stands for the unequal sharing of blessings; whereas the virtue of socialism is that it stands for the equal sharing of misery."
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January 18th, 2010 at 2:48 am
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
Plato
I believe this to be true.
Other notables:
"We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy."
Martin L. Gross
"Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you."
Ralph Nader
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year of the mojo
January 18th, 2010 at 2:55 am
"The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the
States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as to
everything respecting foreign affairs. Let the General Government be reduced to
foreign concerns only, and let our affairs be disentangled from those of all
other nations, except as to commerce, which the merchants will manage the
better, the more they are left free to manage for themselves, and our General
Government may be reduced to a very simple organization, and a very inexpensive
one; a few plain duties to be performed by a few servants."
Thomas Jefferson
Virginia
President of the United States of America
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January 18th, 2010 at 3:10 am
“There’s an approach which says, ‘Let’s raise the stakes and call,’ … That if Republicans want a ten-division Army, let’s be for a twelve-division Army. I think that’s just nonsense, frankly. It’s stupid policy. Trying to get on the other side of the Republicans is folly, both politically and substantively.” – Gary Hart
“[The idea that Republicans would let the trial go on interminably when the nation wants a quick resolution] assumes that we Republicans are singularly stupid, … Late Edition.” – Bob Bennett
“Apparently Bob Dole’s new election strategy is to find a Republican policy so stupid, even Clinton won’t copy it.” – Bill Maher
“For Republicans, it’s politically stupid. It’s not 527 reform. It’s something that restricts speech.” – David Keating
Here are some excellent Obama quotes –
“We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.” – Barack Obama
“I’m so overexposed, I’m making Paris Hilton look like a recluse.” – Barack Obama
“If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.” – Barack Obama
Here are some excellent McCain quotes –
“that would basically allow the CIA to engage in torture.” – John McCain
“I am prepared. I am prepared. I need no on-the-job training. I wasn’t a mayor for a short period of time. I wasn’t a governor for a short period of time.” – John McCain
“Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.” – John McCain
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http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/502658/gary-hart/theres-an-approach-which-says-lets-raise-the-stakes
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1237619/bob-bennett/the-idea-that-republicans-would-let-the-trial-go-on
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/1236992/bill-maher/apparently-bob-doles-new-election-strategy-is-to-find
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/quote/251723/david-keating/for-republicans-its-politically-stupid-its-not-527
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/Barack+Obama
http://www.quotesdaddy.com/author/John+McCain