“The characteristic mark of this age of dictators, wars and revolutions is its anticapitalistic bias. Most governments and political parties were eager to restrict the sphere of private initiative and free enterprise.” WarGovernmentAgePoliticalPartyRevolutionMarkCharacteristicsEnterpriseSpheresInitiativeDictatorBiasPolitical PartiesFree Enterprise Book:Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist Source: Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist
“On the issue of Iraq, it is my hope, and my challenge to my colleagues, that our debate will be based on what is best for the future of our nation and for Iraq, not what's best for a political party or presidential campaign.” PoliticalNationsChallengesPartyIssuesIraqCampaignsDebatePresidentialColleaguesPolitical PartiesPresidential Campaign Author:Mitch McConnell
“Stephen Harper is trying to load the dice between now and the next election in his own favour. Never before in the history of Canada has a government tried to use its majority to unilaterally change Canada's election laws with no support from any political party.” TryingUseGovernmentLawPoliticalNextPartySupportElectionMajorityCanadaLoadFavourPolitical PartiesDiceHarper Author:Thomas Mulcair
“All secret oath-bound political parties are dangerous to any nation, no matter how pure or how patriotic the motives and principles which first bring them together.” FirstsMatterTogetherPoliticalNationsPartySecretPrinciplesDangerousPureBoundsMotivePatrioticPolitical PartiesOath Book:The Personal Memoirs of General U. S. Source: The Personal Memoirs of General U. S.
“The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities.” DoeStatesPoliticalFoundUnitedPartyCommonUnited StatesAreasSpendingDebatePrioritiesMidstPolitical PartiesSpiritedCommon GroundPolitical ChangePolitical DebatesDiscontinuity Author:John Gibbons
“There is hardly any politically minded man who acknowledges and agrees with every point of the program of a political party.” MenPoliticalPartyProgramAgreeAcknowledgePolitical Parties Author:Hermann Goring
“I've learned a few things from the tea party, both the political one and the one in Alice in Wonderland. From the first, I learned that you can make people angrily shuffle in roughly the same direction if you appeal to their beliefs in poorly defined ways. From the second, I learned that England has some sort of substance called treacle.” PeopleIfsWayFirstsPoliticalBeliefPartyEnglandDefinedTeaAppealsSubstanceI've LearnedTea PartyWonderlandShuffleTreacle Author:Lore Sjoberg
“It is only in Washington where many still have a lingering animosity for the political parties. My friends, we need to get over it.” NeedsStillsPoliticalPartyMy FriendsOver ItGet OverPolitical PartiesLingeringAnimosity Author:Dennis Hastert
“We have a duty to our country to participate in the political process. See, if you believe in freedom, you have a duty to exercise your right to vote to begin with. I'm [here] to encourage people to do their duty, to go to the polls. I want all people, no matter what their political party is or whether they even like a political party, to exercise their obligation to vote.” PeopleIfsWantBelieveCountryMatterPoliticalProcessPartyDutyExerciseVoteNo Matter WhatObligationOur CountryPolitical PartiesPollsIf You BelieveRight To Vote Author:George W. Bush
“It is a big embarrassment that a leader can say on the eve of an election that he cannot hand over power to an opponent, that he can only hand over power to a member of his political party.” HandsBigsPoliticalPartyLeaderWillingMembersElectionOpponentsPolitical PartiesEmbarrassment Author:Raila Odinga
“The other thing that gives a scientific man the creeps in the world today are the methods of choosing leaders - in every nation. Today, for example, in the United States, the two political parties have decided to employ public relations men, that is, advertising men, who are trained in the necessary methods of telling the truth or lying in order to develop a product.” MenWorldGivingTwoStatesTodayPoliticalLyingOrderNationsUnitedPartyLeaderUnited StatesExampleProductsDecidedRelationMethodAdvertisingTelling The TruthPolitical PartiesCreepsWorld TodayPublic Relations Author:Richard P. Feynman
“If you belonged to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. To do otherwise is to be an enabler, a mafia wife.” IfsPoliticalSocialPartyWifeViolenceIgnoranceClubsProtestBigotryTiedSheerMisogynyPolitical PartiesMafiaHomophobiaEnablers Author:Bill Maher