Political Sayings

102 sayings found from the Modern era from 102 authors

I have a great contempt for all cant, whether religious, political, or moral.

— Lord Byron 1818
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The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible.

— James Baldwin N/A
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The government is trying to make us all into robots. We don't want to be robots.

— John Lennon 1970s
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I'm not a politician. I'm an entertainer.

— Elvis Presley 1970s
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I'm not a politician. I'm a musician.

— Louis Armstrong 1960s
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I'm not a politician. I'm just a musician.

— Jimi Hendrix 1969
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I'm not a politician. I'm not a political man. I'm just a simple man who wants to see peace in the world.

— Bob Marley 1970s
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I'm not a politician. I'm a singer.

— Billie Holiday 1956
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I don't think there's any such thing as an artist that isn't political.

— Nina Simone 1970s
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I'm not a politician. I'm an entertainer.

— Aretha Franklin 2011
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To tell the truth is revolutionary.

— Antonio Gramsci 1932
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I'm not a political person. I'm a painter.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat unknown
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The colonized underdeveloped man is a political creature in the most global sense of the term.

— Frantz Fanon 1961
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I am a revolutionary, and I will remain one until my dying day.

— Richard Wagner 1849
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Politics is a dirty business. I prefer music.

— Giuseppe Verdi Various
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I'm not trying to make political art. I'm trying to make art that's about life.

— Keith Haring 1980s
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I'm not a politician. I'm a musician. I play rock and roll.

— Chuck Berry 1970s
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I'm not a politician. I'm an entertainer. I'm a musician. I'm a showman.

— James Brown 1972
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The true antidote for the ills of democracy is more democracy.

— Andrew Carnegie Early 20th Century
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Hitler didn't snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn't even send me a telegram.

— Jesse Owens 1960s-1970s
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