“The etymology of the word 'politics' is surprisingly accurate: poly meaning many, and tics meaning small bloodsucking parasites.”— cross_beaux, reddit.com
“There is, of course, nothing inherently scary or disqualifying about an elected leader who seeks wisdom in scripture and solace in prayer. What critics should worry about is not that Pence believes in God, but that he seems so certain God believes in him. What happens when manifest destiny replaces…”— McKay Coppins, theatlantic.com
“Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“The First Lady is an unpaid public servant elected by one person - her husband.”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“Just a reminder: there is no law that you have to defend any and all conduct by people who happen to share the same politics as you.”— Alyssa Rosenberg, twitter.com
“A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future.”— Leonard Bernstein, amazon.com
“You have a lot of people who sometimes seem like they don't know the difference between tweeting and organizing. In the Democratic Party there's a lot of social media, a lot of complaining, a lot of grandstanding, a lot of fainting, like guys: are you knocking on any doors? Are you doing the actual…”— Van Jones, youtube.com
“We really need to be thinking more closely about who we're electing. Because if we don't, at times of crisis like now, they sit in those offices and they let us and the country down.”— Heidi N Moore, twitter.com
“To recap: Republicans are currently defending a pedophile in order to save a Senate seat so that they can push through an enormous tax cut for the rich because it's the only victory their leader, another sexual predator, may get after colluding w/ Russia to steal our election.”— Charles Clymér, twitter.com
“Taylor Swift isn't obligated to talk about her politics just because you want her to.”— Ian Miles Cheong, twitter.com
“I don’t think it’s a right and left thing. I don’t think that’s what is going to be important. I think CNN has an opportunity to be a real arbiter, but being a real arbiter means taking a stand. Not just having people on, ‘you’re on the left, you’re on the right.’ That’s like having people on in the…”— Jon Stewart, youtube.com
“In 2014, making a song about shaking it off may have been alright. In 2017, it just reads as irrelevancy.”— Jacob Shamsian, thisisinsider.com
“When it comes to politics, if none of us ever referred to the words Left or Right again it wouldn't be a terrible thing.”— Marianne Williamson, twitter.com
“Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible; but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”— Reinhold Niebuhr, nytimes.com
“I don't think I'm severely politically active. I care deeply, and I have my strong personal beliefs. I think America is dancing on thin ice. But I think it's bigger even than a political issue. I wonder about the evolution of the human race and spirit and what our goals and reasons for living are.”— Garry Shandling, content.time.com
“Islam is a violent, I was going to say religion, but it's not a religion. It's a political system. It's a violent political system bent on the overthrow of the governments of the world and world domination.”— Pat Robertson, finalcall.com
“[Leftists] are in danger of becoming the bullies who may have tormented us in our youth. We have to address and correct this "call-out culture" if we are going to build a coalition strong enough to replace Trumpism.[...] We must have a ceasefire in the 'who's the wokest of them all' war.”— Van Jones, amazon.com
“Too many of us seem to approach liberal causes and conversations mainly by looking for ways to show other progressives where they are wrong. Too many of us can deconstruct everything but can't reconstruct anything and make it work.”— Van Jones, amazon.com
“Church and state should be separate, not only in form, but fact. Religion and politics should not be mingled.”— Millard Fillmore, books.google.com
“How can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still hear from Republicans, and too many Democrats, that we cannot afford to provide a good education for every child, that we cannot afford to provide health security for all our citi…”— Paul Wellstone, amazon.com