I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of...

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

When I first came into parliament, there was, on average, a by-election every three months - due not to MPs bailing out, but because of the death rate.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

The Olympics are never just about sports.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's...

Frankly I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.

It is to the middle class we must look for the safety of England.

Mr. President I am praying for you. 'Which way Senator?'

This proves what a purifying effect women would have on politics.

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.

Politics is so difficult, it's generally only people who aren't quite up to the task who feel convinced they are.

Politicians study hard and work diligently their entire lives to be able to stand in front of a national audience and lie through their teeth.

Politics should be a field that attracts statesmen, not future CEOs and board members.

President Obama smoked so much pot in college he never learned to spell. Which is why he's confusing the word "ruining" the country with "running" the country.

Individuals start to see themselves reflected in their work and to understand their full status as human beings through the object created, through the work accomplished. Work no longer entails...

Diplomacy was like a card game. The difference was that you never really knew the value of the cards in your own hand.

Politics is an endless, borderless war against individual liberty.

Enemies may unite to eliminate a common threat, but never without a wary eye fixed on their ally.

Dare I ask Mao and his Communist Party? I fear my throat will be cut into two pieces. In the name of revolution, for thought crimes, such questions can turn me to ashes.

A government which is not liked by the artists is certainly a bad government, because artist sees very well what is behind the masks!

The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.

The Government's going to pass a bill regarding schools. Well I never. Interfering gang they are, as if a parent doesn't know what's best for her own child. I don't know, I don't know! We won't be...

Fascism is when corporations become the government.

It always amazes me how people in Europe and the United States can be so indifferent to the speeches of their chancellor or president, for these words from the top can be a wind sock for what might...

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst...

Beware of anything to do with President Obama... I speak from experience.

A senator once confided to me that the greatest need in Washington was the elimination of the cocktail party. He said: It consumes so much of our time that we don't have time for matters of state.

There's no such thing as a vote that doesn't matter.