Political Sayings

100 sayings found from the Modern era from 100 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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Every anti-communist is a dog.

— Jean-Paul Sartre Approx. 1960s-1970s
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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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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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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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If you're really stupid, I would say, just become a politician.

— James Watson 2003
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Negroes have a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but not a right to social and political equality with whites.

— Abraham Lincoln 1858-1860 (approximate)
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Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried.

— Winston Churchill 1947
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There are two principles for the Communist: one is to be ruthless to the enemy, the other is to be kind to comrades.

— Mao Zedong Undated
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I am a Democrat, but I am not a partisan. I am an American.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt Undated
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The greatest enemy of any government is its own bureaucracy.

— Otto von Bismarck Late 19th century
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We will establish a parliament, and decide all things by public discussion.

— Meiji Emperor 1868
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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.

— Vladimir Lenin 1917-1922
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The end result of the revolution can only be the dictatorship of the proletariat.

— Leon Trotsky 1906
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The duty of every progressive government is to support the liberation movements of the world.

— Fidel Castro Undated, likely 1970s
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The best form of government is that which makes the people happy.

— Che Guevara Undated
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When we got into the White House, I found that the President gets a lot of advice, but he doesn't get many laughs.

— John F. Kennedy 1963
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The American people want to believe in something. They want to believe in their country. They want to believe in their President.

— Richard Nixon 1973
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