Quotes about Politics

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world.

Democracy is finding proximate solutions to insoluble problems.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical Christianity. To refuse to critique the system or the status quo is to fully support it—which is a political act well disguised. Like Pilate, many Christians choose to wash their hands in front of the crowd and declare themselves innocent, saying with him, "It is your concern" (Matthew 27:25). Pilate maintains his purity and Jesus pays the price.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical Christianity. To refuse to critique the system or the status quo is to fully support it—which is a political act well disguised.

Unless and until we can enjoy this, so much of what passes for Christianity will amount to little more than well-disguised narcissism and self-referential politics. We see this phenomenon playing out in the de facto values of people who strongly identify as Christian. Often they are more racist, classist, and sexist than non-Christians. "Others can carry the burden and the pain of injustice, but not my group," they seem to say.

I'm sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power.

Politically, the world is so confused right now - there's so much suffering caused by various movements by various parties and people in power in government.

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

Frequently people just vote for the party out of power because they're disappointed or angry at what is happening at the moment.

I think that Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late.

Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation.

You can't get back to power by defining your project in negative terms. But it helps to have somebody in office who represents the opposite of what you believe.