Politics Quotes

When I first got to America in the 60s… two things happened. First of all, I very much admired the cross-the-aisle friendships and thought we don’t have that in England. We have real battles between the Tories and the Labour, but in America there seems to be these — and this was destroyed by Newt […]

I am Kamala Harris.  My pronouns are “she” and “her.”  I am a woman sitting at the table wearing a blue suit.

There are few policies potentially more disastrous for Canada than to tell all Canadians that they must be alike. There is no such thing as a model or ideal Canadian. What could be more absurd than the concept of an “all-Canadian” boy or girl? A society which emphasizes uniformity is one which creates intolerance and […]

I have a revulsion of celebrities forcing politics down people’s throats, but I couldn’t look at myself in the mirror on election day if I had not done everything I could to try to prevent Trump getting in again.

When the war closed – we were challenged with a peace-time choice between the American system of rugged individualism and a European philosophy of diametrically opposed doctrines – doctrines of paternalism and state socialism.

Unfortunately, politicians have the Paul Masson theory of government – We will deal with no problems before its time.”

It is more than a crime; it is a political fault.

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun.

To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog.