- Ferdinand was a gold trader. He was a lawyer for mining companies. When he entered politics in l949, he had tons and tons of gold. When Bill Gates was a college dropout, Ferdinand already possessed billions of dollars and tons of gold. It wasn't stolen.
- Imelda Marcos on Politics
- Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.
- Malcolm Forbes on Politics
- Finality is not the language of politics.
- Benjamin Disraeli on Politics
- Finance is a gun. Politics is knowing when to pull the trigger.
- Mario Puzo on Politics
- Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
- Richard M. Nixon on Politics
- First of all, I think it's odd that people who cover politics wouldn't have any political views.
- Nate Silver on Politics
- First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
- Donald Rumsfeld on Politics
- First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.
- John Avlon on Politics
- First, take the government of the Indians out of politics second, let the laws of the Indians be the same as those of the whites third, give the Indian the ballot.
- George Crook on Politics
- Fiscal conservatism is just an easy way to express something that is a bit more difficult, which is that the size and scope of government, and really the size and scope of politics in our lives, has grown uncomfortable, unwieldy, intrusive and inefficient.
- P. J. O'Rourke on Politics
- Flipping the dial through available radio stations there will blare out to any listener an array of broadcasts, 24/7, propagating Religious Right politics, along with what they deem to be 'old-time gospel preaching.' This is especially true of what comes over the airwaves in Bible Belt southern states.
- Tony Campolo on Politics
- For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.
- For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.
- John W. Gardner on Politics
- For sure, the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different.
- Lucy Powell on Politics
- For too long, we have focused on our differences - in our politics and backgrounds, in our race and beliefs - rather than cherishing the unity and pride that binds us together.
- For us, sons of France, political sentiment is a passion while, for the Englishmen, politics are a question of business.
- Wilfrid Laurier on Politics
- Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.
- Doug Coupland on Politics
- Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is.
- Edward Kennedy on Politics
- Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity.
- Aung San Suu Kyi on Politics
- Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience that hissed yesterday may applaud today, even for the same performance.
- William O. Douglas on Politics
- Freedom isn't free. It shouldn't be a bragging point that 'Oh, I don't get involved in politics,' as if that makes someone cleaner. No, that makes you derelict of duty in a republic. Liars and panderers in government would have a much harder time of it if so many people didn't insist on their right to remain ignorant and blindly agreeable.
- Bill Maher on Politics
- Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.
- Daniel J. Boorstin on Politics
- Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
- A. J. Liebling on Politics
- From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
- Jane Austen on Politics
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