Quotes about Politics

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It is merely a figment of the imagination of infidels.

I believe this notion of separation of church and state was the figment of some infidel's imagination.

Abortion is not an issue with the American people. It is a figment of your imagination if you think that this is an issue that is talked about a lot.

If we mean to support the liberty and independence which has cost us so much blood and treasure to establish, we must drive far away the demon of party spirit and local reproach.

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

I'm highly political. I spend an awful lot of time in the U.S. trying to influence decision-makers. But I don't feel in tune with British politics.

Those who take the extreme positions in American political and economic life are always wrong.

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.

Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

Thus these politicians proceed, whilst little notice is taken of their doctrines; but when they come to be examined upon the plain meaning of their words, and the direct tendency of their doctrines, then equivocations and slippery constructions come into play.