Political Quotes

The abuse of political power is not as important as the loss of lives. Plus there is a process for curing the abuse of institutions.

It’s true that the Federal Reserve faces a lot of political pressure and is unpopular in many circles.

Never is liberty more easily lost than when we think we are defending it.

With hip-hop music, it allowed me to talk about political and social things but also to tell stories.

Politics are, as it were, the market place and the price mechanism of all social demands – though there is no guarantee that a just price will be struck; and there is nothing spontaneous about politics- it depends on deliberate and continuous activity.

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.

I assure this committee that, if I am confirmed, I will be strictly independent of all political influences… essential to that institution’s ability to function effectively and achieve its mandated objectives.

Socially, a journalist ranks somewhere between the madam of a whorehouse and a bartender. but spiritually he ranks with Galileo, for he knows the world is round.

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence…politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.

The international community will not accept such threats to the political process.