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Famous quotes by Politicians

PoliticiansQuotes by politicians capture the ambitions, dilemmas, and convictions that shape public life. From local councils to global forums, these voices reflect diverse ideologies, hard-won compromises, and moments of clarity in times of change. Their words can reveal the craft of persuasion, the weight of responsibility, and the hope that fuels public service. Whether praising progress or challenging the status quo, these perspectives invite reflection on leadership, citizenship, and the choices that bind communities together.
"If you take away what a person owns, you control what that person can do"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"
George Savile, Politician
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"Tiger Woods experienced perhaps the greatest fall from grace of any celebrity in American history"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"We have to tell our babies to stop crying"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers"
Neville Chamberlain, Politician
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"All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state"
Benito Mussolini, Politician
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"As government imposes the will of a few upon the many, the many begin to resist. Ultimately, it becomes necessary for the government to use force to make the people conform"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"There go the people. I must follow them for I am their leader"
Alexandre Ledru-Rollin, Politician
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"But we have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it, away from the fog of the controversy"
Nancy Pelosi, Politician
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"Power wears out those who don't have it"
Giulio Andreotti, Politician
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"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out"
Benito Mussolini, Politician
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"Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'"
John McCain, Politician
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"Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on"
Hubert H. Humphrey, Politician
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"When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power"
Benito Mussolini, Politician
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"On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died"
Adlai E. Stevenson, Politician
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"A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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"Distrust and caution are the parents of security"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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"If you believe in something, you need to have the courage to fight for those ideas - not run away from them or try and silence them"
Charlie Kirk, Politician
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"A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before"
Frank Rizzo, Politician
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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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"You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose"
Mario Cuomo, Politician
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"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better"
Bill Bradley, Politician
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"The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder"
Richard J. Daley, Politician
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"The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder"
Richard J. Daley, Politician
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"If you never try, you'll never know what you are capable of"
John Barrow, Politician
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"Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late"
Benjamin Franklin, Politician
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"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of what is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope"
John Buchan, Politician
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"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before"
Rahm Emanuel, Politician
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