Famous quotes by Politicians

"It's a tribal state, and it always will be. Whether we like it or not, whenever we withdraw from Afghanistan, whether it's now or years from now, we'll have an incendiary situation. Should we stay and play traffic cop? I don't think that serves our strategic interests"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"I'm a true native of the Bay Area"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American"

Jon Huntsman, Jr., Politician

"The Appropriations Committee in the Senate is out of control, out of control on spending"

John Ensign, Politician

"They know the importance of their mission and of America's commitment to combating and defeating terrorism abroad, and they know that they are making a real difference in bringing freedom to a part of the world that has known only tyranny"

John Boehner, Politician

"They have called Operation Iraqi Freedom a war of choice that isn't part of the real war on terror. Someone should tell that to Al Qaeda"

John Boehner, Politician

"The value of the majority lies not in the opportunity to wield great power, but in the chance to use power to do great things"

John Boehner, Politician

"Our manifesto, whatever it will be called, will come from the people who are really in charge of this country, and that's the American people"

John Boehner, Politician

"Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment, and the musket fires of an historic revolution"

John Boehner, Politician

"It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president since Franklin Roosevelt. And I've told my colleagues it's time that we go stand up for the president"

John Boehner, Politician

"House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust!"

John Boehner, Politician

"During the 1990s, world leaders looked at the mounting threat of terrorism, looked up, looked away, and hoped the problem would go away"

John Boehner, Politician

"And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government that honors our Constitution and stands up for the values that have made America, America: economic freedom, individual liberty, and personal responsibility"

John Boehner, Politician

"We still lack a global definition of terrorism"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"Muslim organisations tend to have a low level of organisation. The communities in Europe are quite diverse"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"If you exchange information internationally, you must strengthen data protection. Those are two sides of the same coin"

Gijs de Vries, Politician

"During practically all of my public life, I have been a sincere advocate of an agreement between the leading nations of the world to set up all the necessary international machinery that would bring about a practical abolition of war between civilized nations"

George William Norris, Politician

"Liberating Iraq from a legacy of violence and putting it on the path to peace and prosperity will take time"

George Voinovich, Politician

"I do not want our children and grandchildren to live in a world where everyday they fear some regional strongman with weapons of mass destruction. We need to send a message to these future would-be bullies: you will not be allowed to threaten the world"

George Voinovich, Politician

"When the President makes something a priority, we see action"

Herb Kohl, Politician

Herb Kohl

"Before we decide to trust you with this power, we ask you to stand before the public and explain your views. Justice may be blind, but it should not be deaf"

Herb Kohl, Politician

Herb Kohl

"You know, in the West they support realistic forces"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"We also have a real opportunity to join NATO"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"In my life I have always found ways of dealing with a situation"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed"

Eduard Shevardnadze, Politician

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