Quotes about "Politics & Government"

American presidential leadership never goes out of style. ”

Weak presidents are neither respected nor electorally rewarded by their publics. ”

The point of a presidential campaign is to put the candidate through the ringer: to force him to get banged up by his opponents and the press, and to have to answer the difficult and uncomfortable questions, be investigated, and learn the thrust and parry of political swordplay. ”

Article II of the articles of impeachment against Richard Nixon was just the simple fact that he talked about and suggested the potential use of the IRS against one or two political opponents. ”

Some political spouses are much more comfortable on the campaign trail than others, and they take to it a lot more naturally. ”

Earth to Democrats: Displaying contempt for the American people when you are being paid by those people to serve their interests is generally not a good political move. ”

Two famous happy warriors - Reagan and his political soulmate, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher - knew they were fighting their own ideological and external wars. But they did so with the sunny dispositions and positive outlooks of those who knew they were on the right side of history. ”

Voting is as much an emotional act as it is an intellectual one. ”

It's not the Jews that killed Christ. It was a political situation, and it was the Romans who killed Jesus. They put Jesus on the cross, not the Jews. ”

I was always complaining that there weren't enough good people going into public service, so I figured I had to get behind someone I found so compelling. ”