80 Political Agendas Quotes
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Famous Political Agendas Quotes
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. — Cal Thomas
Politics is the art of making your selfish desires seem like the national interest. — Thomas Sowell
Action expresses priorities. — Charles A. Garfield
Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life. — Rebecca Solnit
Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently. — Joseph Stiglitz
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. — Richard Armour
Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity. — Vera Brittain
Politics means striving to share power or striving to influence the distribution of power, either among states or among groups within a state. — Max Weber
Modern politics seems to be interested in maximizing drama instead of solving problems. — Lex Fridman
Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them. — Noam Chomsky
What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those? — Gilbert Highet
Politics is a jungle-torn between doing the right thing and staying in office. — John F. Kennedy
Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens and real diseases are useful material. — Susan Sontag
In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia. — George Orwell
Politicians Agenda Quotes
Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. — Gro Harlem Brundtland
Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions. — Amitai Etzioni
In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes. Judges must settle legal disputes, not pursue agendas. Judges must interpret and apply the law, not make the law. — Orrin Hatch
The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope. — Rush Limbaugh
I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that. — Seth Gordon
I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice, no tolerance for government incompetence, no sympathy for leaders who fail their citizens. — Donald Trump
I have embraced crying mothers who have lost their children because our politicians put their personal agendas before the national good. I have no patience for injustice. — Donald Trump
I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda. — Richard Dawkins
Bureaucrats want bigger bureaus. Special interests are interested in whatever's special to them. These two groups bring great pressure to bear upon politicians who have another agenda yet: to cater to the temporary whims and fads of the public and the press. — P. J. O'Rourke
I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels. — Elizabeth Wurtzel
Political Agenda Quotes
The managerial class is using Joe Biden as a front to advance its own agenda. — Vivek Ramaswamy
We need a very progressive and strong agenda to bring people into the political process because I worry very much about the future of the American democracy where so many people are giving up. — Bernie Sanders
The GSEs became powerful advocates for their own bottom lines, providing substantial financial support for political candidates who supported the GSE agenda. — Jerome Powell
Instead of like giving into lobbyists or agendas, I just like do whatever's good for the American people. — MrBeast
This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect. — Michele Bachmann
The trouble with Islam is deeply rooted in its teachings. Islam is not only a religion. Islam (is) also a political ideology that preaches violence and applies its agenda by force. — Wafa Sultan
My parents called themselves progressives. The agenda was a Soviet America...the slogan of the communist party in those days was peace, jobs, democracy. Sound familar? The communist party is the democratic Party. — David Horowitz
I am deeply disturbed by the senseless violence instigated by some leaders in pursuit of their personal political agenda. — Mwai Kibaki
When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal rather than a consequence of scientific research. — Richard Lindzen
In our national discourse and in pursuing our national agenda, we must never leave anyone behind. We must reach out to the many who may have been disaffected and left confused by political games, deceit and showmanship. The people first must transcend every level of society. — Najib Razak
People Writing About Political Agendas
| Name | Quotes | Likes |
|---|---|---|
 Cal Thomas |
69 | 201 |
 Thomas Sowell |
591 | 7260 |
 Charles A. Garfield |
9 | 64 |
 Rebecca Solnit |
186 | 639 |
 Joseph Stiglitz |
120 | 591 |
 Ambrose Bierce |
957 | 7203 |
More Political Agendas Quotes
For me, one of the most disturbing elements of the right wing's political agenda is that it believes that there is one correct spiritual and moral path for all people to follow. The danger inherent in this is its explicit refusal to accept anyone who happens to lead a different lifestyle, and the condemnation of those who differ. — Barbra Streisand
We must regain our vision and hope and move our country forward on an agenda of peace and justice. — Paul Wellstone
The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those. — Eric Cantor
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas. — Queen Rania of Jordan
I do have a political agenda. It's to have as few regulations as possible. — Dan Quayle
We in the press like to say we're honest brokers of information, and it's just not true. The press does have an agenda. — Bernard Goldberg
Any organization or any individual that targets civilians and kills them for political agenda is a terrorist organization. — Feisal Abdul Rauf
There's a dishonest tyranny in the liberal/progressive/socialist agenda that comes down and says 'we are here because we care about you; we want what's best for you'. But really what they want is the control of your life. — Allen West
Fear is being used by the political class as an excuse to accumulate more power and self-importance - and collect a lot more taxes to support their agenda. — Doug Casey
We are gonna to have to choose as a nation between the homosexual agenda and freedom because the two cannot coexist. Every advance of the homosexual agenda, comes at the expense of liberty, particularly religious liberty. — Bryan Fischer
Why is it that the Rev. Jesse Jackson can quote the Bible in support of his pet causes, but conservative ministers and lay people must argue purely on secular grounds for their social and political agenda?... It seems that mixing religion and politics is acceptable as long as the road turns to the left. — Gary DeMar
The word feminism has negative connotations for men. Rather, we are wanting to celebrate females and their confidence. There is no political agenda behind my work. I'm just trying to make music that makes me feel good and confident. We've got a cool message. — Nicole Scherzinger
I don't think I'm complicated at all. I'm not political, and I'm not trying to be diplomatic. I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings, and I don't say bad things about people. There is no agenda. There's no trying to fool somebody. — Nick Saban
Radical feminism, male lesbians, transsexuals, musical condoms with suspenders, and lotsa drummers drumming are all manifestations of a political agenda with roots in the 1960s. This is all fruit we are reaping from the sexual revolution. — Rush Limbaugh
I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place. — Gwyneth Paltrow
If we fulfill our responsibility to the Constitution, the Supreme Court will be filled with superior legal minds who will pursue the one agenda that our founding fathers intended in writing the Constitution: justice, rather than political or personal goals. — Chuck Grassley
Lots of my friends and family belong to churches, and some of them are part of the so-called Christian Right. In this preacher, I wanted to show a good man struggling to reconcile his commitment to the community with the political agenda of his church. He does not see that as a dilemma, but I do. — Lanford Wilson
Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. — Stanley Fish
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information and technology, to purchase and use recreational drugs, to enjoy and purchase so-called 'vices', to be free of intruders, and to privacy. — Bram Cohen
Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda. — Bennie Thompson
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed. — Peter Coyote
We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas. — Mac Thornberry
If there is a ground zero in the cultural wars, it is Missouri, a state where pro-life groups are strong and well organized and their agenda dominates local politics. — Eleanor Clift
We urgently need an integrated progressive political agenda if we are to have foundations for a more equitable, sustainable, caring world. — Riane Eisler
At the end of the day, I'd much rather do a piece about people in a story that I find riveting and intriguing and moving, versus really carrying some kind of heavy political agenda on my sleeve. That's not who I am. — Charlize Theron
One of the most annoying habits of liberals is their tendency to confuse their political agenda with moral virtue. — Robert Stacy McCain
I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history. — David Price
The political currents that topped the global agenda in the late 20th century - revolutionary nationalism, feminism and ethnic struggle - place culture at their heart. — Terry Eagleton
The state in the matter of drugs should not, any more than in the matter of sex, act as the secret agent for the agenda of the church. — Sayings
Supporting a murderous political agenda with such an argument is tragic! — Joseph Bayly
On the other hand, we have in Israel, an Israeli government which has been elected by the Israeli people. Their political agenda is not for peace. They are from the camp anti-peace. — Rafik Hariri
The Republicans may be better off without an agenda. They don't scare people. — Bill Schneider
Let's be clear on one thing, the corporate media in America is no longer involved in journalism. They're a political special interest no different than any lobbyist or other financial entity with a total political agenda, and the agenda is not for you, it's for themselves. — Donald Trump
It would be easy for this conflict to slip off the political agenda given how long it has been going on but for the sake of the people of Nepal for whom it is a daily tragic reality, the world must remain engaged and keep up the pressure on the government and the Maoists. — Irene Khan
I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history. — David E. Price
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