Political Thoughts Quotes

Empire always overreaches itself and thus dies by its own hand victim of its own ambitions ~ Rassool Jibraeel Snyman

If you have great thoughts, don't let them fly only in your mind; let them migrate to other minds as well! ~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

It seems to me there's this tyranny that's not accidental or incidental, to make women feel compelled to look like somebody they're not. I think the effort is being made to get us to turn our time and attention to this instead of important political issues. ~ Eve Ensler

Life is a breath. ~ Lailah Gifty Akita

The confounding Political Economy with the Sciences and Arts to which it is subservient, has been one of the principal obstacles to its improvement. ~ Nassau William Senior

I intend to be the president of all citizens of Macedonia, regardless of their ethnic or religious background, regardless of their political standing. I shall not allow ethnic hatred and intolerance to undermine Macedonia's stability. ~ Boris Trajkovski

Elected fifth president of the United States, Monroe transformed a fragile little nation - "a savage wilderness," as Edmund Burke put it - into "a glorious empire." Although George Washington had won the nation's independence, he bequeathed a relatively small country, rent by political factions, beset by foreign enemies, populated by a largely unskilled, unpropertied people, and ruled by oligarchs who controlled most of the nation's land and wealth. Washington's three successors - John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison - were mere caretaker presidents who left the nation bankrupt, its people deeply divided, its borders under attack, its capital city in ashes. ~ Harlow Giles Unger

His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political. ~ Iain Pears

We don't have to take rejection as a reflection of our self-worth. If somebody who is important (or even someone unimportant) to you rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected. Feel any feelings that go with rejection; talk about your thoughts; but don't forfeit your self-esteem to another's disapproval or rejection of who you are or what you have done. Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay. If you have done something inappropriate or you need to solve a problem or change a behavior, then take appropriate steps to take care of yourself. But don't reject yourself, and don't give so much power to other people's rejection of you. It isn't necessary ~ Melody Beattie

By the seventh year of the Bush-Cheney presidency, Bush had attached signing statements to about 150 bills enacted since he took office, challenging the constitutionality of well over 1,100 separate sections in the legislation. By contrast, all previous presidents in American history combined had used signing statements to challenge the constitutionality of about 600 sections of bills, according to historical data compiled by Christopher Kelley, a Miami University of Ohio political science professor who was one of the first to study signing statements. ~ Charlie Savage

When Life Sucks, Get an awesome blowjob from her. ~ Himmilicious

There's two elements to rap: having the thoughts, and then being a great rapper. ~ Drake

It is not the quantity of your thoughts but the quality of your thoughts that make the difference. Thoughts can either be productive or a hindrance. But, when we focus our attention on faithfulness and truthfulness the restoration process begins. ~ Amaka Imani Nkosazana

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place. ~ Gwyneth Paltrow

Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth. ~ Alfred Marshall

Every time meditators try to control their thoughts or feelings, they are identifying personally (atta) with it and this causes more pain and frustration. ~ Bhante Vimalaramsi

For I perceived that man's estate is as a citadel: he may throw down the walls to gain what he calls freedom, but then nothing of him remains save a dismantled fortress, open to the stars. And then begins the anguish of not-being. Far better for him were it to achieve his truth in the homely smell of blazing vine shoots, or of the sheep he has to shear. Truth strikes deep, like a well. A gaze that wanders loses sight of God. And that wise man who, keeping his thoughts in hand, knows little more than the weight of his flock's wool has a clearer vision of God than [anyone]. Citadel, I will build you in men's hearts.
/ Wisdom of the Sands by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ~ Antoine De Saint Exupery

For the most part, political correctness doesn't exist here.
- Toby, Marymount Manhattan College ~ Eve Ensler

If the white man gives you anything - just remember when he gets ready he will take it right back. We have to take for ourselves. ~ Fannie Lou Hamer

The problem is going to be finding the right words and implementing it in a way that is really dealing with people that are inciting and not preventing honest discussion of the underlying causes of this horrendous political situation the world is in now. ~ Clare Short

And that is enough to raise your thoughts to what may happen when the redeemed soul, beyond all hope and nearly beyond belief, learns at last that she has pleased Him whom she was created to please. There will be no room for vanity then. She will be free from the miserable illusion that it is her doing. With no taint of what we should now call self-approval she will most innocently rejoice in the thing that God has made her to be, and the moment which heals her old inferiority complex forever will also drown her pride ... Perfect humility dispenses with modesty. ~ C.S. Lewis

Habit rules the unreflecting herd. ~ William Wordsworth

I am happy because my happiness does not depend on things, but on my thoughts. ~ Debasish Mridha

Happiness is not found in serenity, tranquility or surrealism. It is found in harmony of thoughts, actions, and reality. ~ Debasish Mridha

The notion of the Internet as a force of political and social revolution is not a new one. As far back as the early 1990s, in the early days of the World Wide Web, there were technologists and writers arguing forcefully that the Internet was destined to become the most important tool for cultural change in human history. ~ Jamais Cascio

I don't rehearse on either of my shows, 'Family Feud' or my talk show. I never rehearse with the guests. I don't want to have any preconceived thoughts, notions, because that kills my creativity as a host and as a stand up. ~ Steve Harvey

The aim of any good constitution is to achieve in a society a high degree of political harmony, so that order and justice and freedom may be maintained. ~ Russell Kirk

The performance of international institutions will be symptomatic of the domestic political priorities of influential member states. International institutions don't really have a life and a mind of their own. ~ Samantha Power

Political freedom is a political reading of the Bible. ~ Whittaker Chambers

I've come across people who say that there is a sort of inborn restlessness in the human spirit and an urge to change one's abode; for man is endowed with a mind which is changeable and and unsettled: nowhere at rest, it darts about and directs its thoughts to all places known and unknown, a wanderer which cannot endure repose and delights chiefly in novelty. ~ Seneca.

See what helps you to keep away all other thoughts and adopt that method for your meditation. ~ Ramana Maharshi

Don't think about it. Think, and your actions will betray your thoughts. Don't feel bloodlust. Keep a calm heart. Move forward. ~ Mohiro Kitoh

Learn us all the refinement and education that there's a better use for the mouth than running private opinions through it. ~ William Faulkner

The fact is that the diversity in this political class serves the same interest as diversity in any arena, which is it stirs the competitive pot. ~ Carol Moseley Braun