Political Quotes

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

Across the continent, political divisions are deepening. For all of these reasons, the specter of a euro zone collapse has not been dispatched.

For Turkey, they think that if the Muslim Brotherhood take over the rest of the region, they will be very comfortable, they will be very happy, they will make sure that their political future is guaranteed.

And for those of us who have, you know, looked in sort of the established order of the political fray over the course of the past several years, it looks like chaos. But to the people I think it looks like democracy.

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.

Abortion doesn’t belong in the political arena. It’s a private right, like many other rights concerning the family.

I was a soul singer first and I’d write love songs. I find with soul music it’s really hard to write about anything else. But I was 15 at the time when I was doing that and, to be honest, I’d never experienced love, so the words were kind of meaningless.

The plain truth is that what holds a free state together is neither general will nor a common interest, but simply politics itself.

When men start talking about ‘honor’, there is sure to be trouble ahead.

Opposition is different from terrorism. Opposition is a political movement.