Political Quotes

“Prolific irony - For 8 years, the finger on the button that could end the world belonged to a president who couldn't pronounce the word "nuclear.”
― T. Rafael Cimino, Mid Ocean

“You can't believe that AIDS is a curse from God against Gays without accepting that Lyme Disease is a curse from the same God against Deer Hunters...”
― T. Rafael Cimino, Table 21

“It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light.”
― Hedley Bull, The Anarchical Society: A Study of Order in World Politics

“A story once went the rounds of Israel to the effect that Ben-Gurion described me as 'the only man' in his cabinet. What amused me about is that he (or whoever invented the story) thought that this was the greatest compliment that could be paid to a woman. I very much doubt that any man would have been flattered if I had said about him that he was the only woman in the government!”
― Golda Meir

“Have a smile on your face for everyone you meet, and a plan to kill them.”
― Brad Thor

“و من عجائب أخلاقيات البشر أن الدنيا تنقلب إذا وقعت قطة فى بالوعة أو إذا ماتت كلبة فى سفينة فضاء أما إغتيال رجل أو إمرأة أو ألف طفل فليس شيئا خطيرا - إذا كان فلسطينيا”
― أنيس منصور, الرصاص لايقتل العصافير

“Out in the field, any connection with home just makes you weaker. It reminds you that you were once civilized, soft; and that can get you killed faster than a bullet through the head.”
― Henry Mosquera, Sleeper's Run

“السادات الذي كان في بدايه عهده بالرئاسة يقضي نهاية الأسبوع في قرية " ميت أبو الكوم " مسقط رأسه، بجلبابه البلدي هو نفسه السادات الذي إنتهي به الأمر إلي أن يفكر في أن يرتدي الزي الفرعوني ويستقل عربة فرعونية إلي الأهرامات وأبو الهول! ملكاً فرعونياً يتهادي طالطاووس !!”
― إمام عبد الفتاح إمام

“A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.”
― Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan

“Hoy el pesimismo recorre al país e infecta a quienes entran en contacto con él. México vive obsesionado con el fracaso. Con la victimización. Con todo lo que pudo ser pero no fue. Con lo perdido, con lo olvidado, lo maltratado. México estrena el vocabulario del desencanto. Se siente en las sobremesas, se comenta en las calles, se escucha en los taxis, se lee en las pintas, se lamenta en las columnas periodísticas, se respira en los lugares donde aplaudimos la transición y ahora padecemos la violencia.”
― Denise Dresser, El país de uno

“Two of the greatest hungers in our world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social change. The connection between the two is the one the world is waiting for, especially the new generation. And the first hunger will empower the second.”
― Jim Wallis

“This Obamacare thing really scares me. The United States government / politicians are trying to turn the American people into a brand X “One size fits all” country. The past ten years has been very grim for Americans. Our current state is very grim. Our future is even more grim than ever. I used to tell people that it will get worse before it gets better. Now, I just say it will get worse.”
― Carroll Bryant

“...all necessary measures should be taken to encourage and stimulate immigration of Jews into Palestine on a large scale. —joint statement signed by both Chaim Weizmann and Prince Faisal”
― Sol Stern, A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

“This war will be a war of extermination and a momentous massacre which will be spoken of like the Mongol massacres and the Crusades. —by Arab League Secretary General Abdul Rahman Azzam”
― Sol Stern, A Century of Palestinian Rejectionism and Jew Hatred

“...because love is continual interrogation. I don't know of a better definition of love.
(in that case my friend Hubl would have pointe out to me, no one loves us more than the police. That's true. Just as every height has its symmetrical depth, so love's interest has ts negative the police's curiosity. We sometimes confuse depth with height, and I can easily imagine lonely people hoping to be taken to the police station from time to time for an interrogation that will enable to talk about themselves.)”
― Milan Kunderaundera

“Having two non-functional parties is not a democracy, it's a losing coin flip.”
― Russ Lippitt

“Voting is proof that gullibility has been certified as a public virtue.”
― ABifarelli