Quotes about Politics

I strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the American people is more important than party politics.

In July of 2004, I came out strongly against the war with Iraq because it was going to destabilize the Middle East.

I tend to be a bit of a proselytiser for the importance of royal courts, but all politics - in fact every form of human organisation, and this is something that's so dreadful for all those brought up in the 60s - naturally reverts to monarchy. Newspapers have editors, companies have chief executives.

Our country was founded by geniuses, but it's being run by idiots.

People are questioning if Ted Cruz can legally run for president because he was born in Canada. And the last thing we want to do is pave the way for a President Bieber.

I would use the debt limit. I don't want to say - I want to be unpredictable, because, you know, we need unpredictability. Everything is so predictable with our country.

Except if it has some historical meaning for them to have Tibet under their control. I don't understand why [ Chinese] want it so much.

For me, running for office is never about trying to destroy an opponent, be it Democratic or Republican. It really ought to be about how can we solve some problems that we're facing.

In Washington, you have imaginary problems, and they can't even solve the imaginary problems.

I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

Some things are really sacred and important to other cultures, so you have to be aware, politically, about those things before you just adopt them.

Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East.