American Politics Quotes - Page 9

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

Charles Krauthammer

Stupid, Thinking, Law

"Stupid vs. Evil?" by Charles Krauthammer, townhall.com. July 26, 2002.

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American politics used to be an amateur sport. But somewhere along the way, we handed over to professionals all the things people used to do for free.

Bob Schieffer

Sports, People, Politics

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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

James Carville

Liars, Lying, Thinking

"Jousting with the king of spin: James Carville". Interview with Jonathan Katz, dailynorthwestern.com. October 9, 2001.

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The black man in North America was sickest of all politically. He let the white man divide him into such foolishness as considering himself a black 'Democrat,' a black 'Republican,' a black 'Conservative,' or a black 'Liberal' ...when a ten-million black vote bloc could be the deciding balance of power in American politics, because the white man's vote is almost always evenly divided.

Malcolm X

Men, White Man, America

Malcolm X (2015). “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, p.321, Ballantine Books

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The tax issue is the most powerful issue in American politics going back to the Tea Party. People say, 'Oh, Grover Norquist has power.' No. Grover Norquist and Americans for Tax Reform focus on the tax issue. The tax issue is a powerful issue.

Grover Norquist

Powerful, Party, Issues

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If, after the election, you find a Cy Vance as Secretary of State and a Zbigniew Brzezinski as head of National Security, then I would say we failed. And I'd quit.

Hamilton Jordan

Election, Quitting, States

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Now that Mr. Carter has made a book of his diary, an adoring memoir entitled Keeping Faith, the notes read like a collection of letters sent from scout camp.

Lewis H. Lapham

Book, Diaries, Letters

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Anyone dumb enough to get his political information from a comic strip deserves what he gets at the polls.

Garry Trudeau

Political, Dumb, Information

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We're going to get that little bug before that little bug gets my poll ratings down any further.

Jerry Brown

Littles, Bugs, Rating

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[Jerry Brown] is California's way of celebrating the Year of the Child.

Jimmy Carter

Children, Years, California

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Reagan's half a disciple of Benjamin Franklin. He believes in early to bed.

Lyn Nofziger

Believe, Bed, Half

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Don't you think that being a person of faith has become a third rail in American politics? If you want to run for president nowadays, you'd better get out there and say you're a very faith-based person.

Bill Maher

Running, Thinking, President

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If our planes were shot down, yes, they's wake me right away. If the other fellows' were shot down, why wake me up?

Ronald Reagan

Shots, Planes, Fellows

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Do you realize that at the moment we have Barry Goldwater fighting the Moral Majority, with The New York Times rooting for Goldwater? Times have changed.

William A. Rusher

New York, Fighting, Times Have Changed

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Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Taken, President, Kicks

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If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.

George P. Shultz

Giving, Vests, Made

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Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is almost a Marxist.

Steve Forbes

Military, Men, Squad

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Someone told me it was a round thing that gobbles up money. I thought that was Tip O'Neill.

Ronald Reagan

Rounds

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The American people aren't overtaxed. The government in Washington is overfed. The main difference between ourselves and the other side is: we see an America where every day is the Fourth of July. They see an America where every day is April 15.

Ronald Reagan

America, Government, July

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Anybody who suggests that I run for governor is no friend of mine. It's a terrible position, and besides, it requires living in Albany, which is small-town life at its worst.

Ed Koch

Running, No Friends, Towns

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We don't need more politicians insisting we have deficits because you're not taxed enough. Those deficits ballooned from an economy that didn't grow enough and from 50 years of government spending too much.

Ronald Reagan

Government, Years, Too Much

United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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Revenues should be increased not by increasing the tax rates on the individual but by building a bigger economy for everybody.

Ronald Reagan

Building, Economy, Individual

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In the current [Carter] administration, who can use the White House swimming pool and tennis courts is decided at the very highest level. President Ford did not bother himself with such minor details. He let me swim in the pool. He only got upset when I tried to walk across the water.

Henry A. Kissinger

Swimming, White, Water

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Most of us had never seen a sober redneck before, and we have the Reagan Landslide to testify that none of us ever wants to see one again. It was a horrifying apparition. And ever since Jimmy Carter, all of us rednecks have had to be very careful to be drunk rednecks lest we turn into some kind of awful creature with big buck teeth and a State Department full of human-rights yahoos.

P. J. O'Rourke

Redneck, Rights, Drunk

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He [Jimmy Carter] says his lust is in his heart. I hope it's a little lower.

Shirley MacLaine

Heart, Lust, Littles

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