Quotes about Politics

At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.

In many cases it seemed to me that the ignorance of my race was being used as a tool with which to help white men into office, and that there was an element in the North which wanted to punish the Southern white men by forcing the Negro into positions over the heads of the Southern whites.

I believe Donald Trump is a good man. He did everything wrong as a candidate, and he won, and I don't understand it. Other than I think God put him there.

I think that slavery is wrong, morally, socially and politically. I desire that it should be no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should gradually terminate in the whole Union.

As a matter of fact, I didn't make a political speech outside of my state for 20 years.

If anything is naive and lightweight, it's the traditional political conversation.

The Left has pushed immorality to the point we have so-called 'same-sex marriage' and 'transgender' nonsense trampling the rights of Christians.

The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson...

Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way.

It should be remembered, as an axiom of eternal truth in politics, that whatever power in any government is independent, is absolute also.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

When truth takes a backseat to ego and politics, trust is lost.