Political Sayings

235 sayings found from 235 authors

The Republic of China, an independent sovereign state, will tolerate no external interference.

— Chiang Kai-shek 1971
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A one-party system of government is an effective and safe instrument only when it operates in a socialist society.

— Kwame Nkrumah 1966
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I do not hold to non-violence for moral reasons, but for political and practical reasons.

— Aung San Suu Kyi Approx. 2010s
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She warned the U.S. government not to “bow to dictators in the name of stability.”

— Benazir Bhutto 2003
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There are enough political parties and I do not want to add more confusion.

— Corazon Aquino 1986
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I was granted my rule by the gods 'to prevent the strong from oppressing the weak'.

— Hammurabi c. 1754 BC
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For what you hold is, to speak somewhat plainly, a tyranny; to take it perhaps was wrong, but to let it go is unsafe.

— Pericles 430 BC (approximate, as recorded by Thucydides)
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Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

— Socrates ~375 BC
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Every anti-communist is a dog.

— Jean-Paul Sartre Approx. 1960s-1970s
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I was naive at Microsoft and didn't realize that our success would lead to government attention.

— Bill Gates 2020
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One thing I resent is the slur that I just support political candidates because of the business.

— Rupert Murdoch Approx. 2000s
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A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

— William Randolph Hearst Early 20th century (approximate)
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I may not be a political genius, but I have eyes and I see.

— Marie Antoinette Late 1700s (approximate)
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The Republican Party is only negatively anti-slavery. It is opposed to the political power of slavery, rather than to slavery itself.

— Frederick Douglass c. 1860
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Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

— Malala Yousafzai 2013
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It's just that the public doesn't care for films on politics.

— Alfred Hitchcock Approx. 1960s
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I am not a Communist, but I am proud to say that I feel pretty pro-Communist.

— Charlie Chaplin 1942
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Chimerical and empty being, your name alone has caused more blood to flow on the face of the earth than any political war ever will.

— Marquis de Sade 1785
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The United States will eventually fly the Communist red flag… The American people will hoist it themselves.

— Nikita Khrushchev 1959 (approx.)
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I have committed many sins in my life. But stealing money from the government, from the people, is not one of them.

— Ferdinand Marcos 1980s (approx.)
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