politics Quotes

A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

The tax on capital gains directly affects investment decisions, the mobility and flow of risk capital... the ease or difficulty experienced by new ventures in obtaining capital, and thereby the strength and potential for growth in the economy.

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy; Dear Jack, Don't buy a single vote more than is necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

I am the Democratic Party's candidate for president who happens also to be a Catholic. I do not speak for my church on public matters - and the church does not speak for me.

Khrushchev reminds me of the tiger hunter who has picked a place on the wall to hang the tiger's skin long before he has caught the tiger. This tiger has other ideas.

I think 'Hail to the Chief' has a nice ring to it.

I don't think the intelligence reports are all that hot. Some days I get more out of the New York Times.