- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics Quotes
Voices on ideology, debate, and public life.
These politics quotes range from a personal statement linking radical belief to the character of one's work, to an observation that casual conversation about politics rarely gets taken too seriously. Together they capture politics as something people engage with unevenly, with real distance between everyday talk and lasting conviction.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
The very fact Boris Johnson is the favourite to succeed May says everything about how vacuous and morally bankrupt our politics has become.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've learned a lot about what kind of actor I want or do not want to be while being on set. I sit back and observe how other actors treat the totem pole of set politics.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I look at pictures of horrific things that soldiers do or that have been done to soldiers I always feel sorry for everybody involved because politics throws them into these horrific situations where really it's just 18-year-old kids.
- Gonna
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- Nov 07, 2020
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about.
- Election
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days.
- Mountain
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- Nov 07, 2020
After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain.
- Purpose
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Committed partisans are generally the most knowledgeable voters, independents the least. And the more political knowledge people have, the more apt they are to discuss politics with people who agree with, and reinforce, them.
- Choice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama, startled that components of government behave as interest groups, seems utterly unfamiliar with public choice theory. It demystifies and de-romanticizes politics by applying economic analysis - how incentives influence behavior - to government.
- Extending
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- Nov 07, 2020
The 1935 Social Security Act established 65 as the age of eligibility for payouts. But welfare state politics quickly becomes a bidding war, enriching the menu of benefits, so in 1956 Congress entitled women to collect benefits at 62, extending the entitlement to men in 1961.
- Promises
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
- Sick
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- Nov 07, 2020