Politics Quotes

We woke up one day, and all the sudden Starbucks was in the middle of this political crossfire between the people who want to bring a gun into Starbucks and the people who want to prevent it. It is a very difficult, fragile situation.

I have no political aspirations. That’s it.

A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.

Unfortunately, the reality was that, for political reasons or whatever, there was a need to enforce antidiscrimination laws, or at least there was a perceived need to do that.

Never judge a country by its politicians.

When we talk politics, we moralize. When we talk morality, we politicize.

We don’t need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government.

Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes.

The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they need to act like it.

Science is the most durable and nondivisive way of thinking about the human circumstance. It transcends cultural, national, and political boundaries. You don’t have American science versus Canadian science versus Japanese science.