Political Climate Quotes

Be not surprised that I am turned politician. The whole town is immersed in politics.

Politics is downstream from culture.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues ….

Many people were grateful that President Johnson had not had hemorrhoid surgery.

We are going through a fascistic time..

Bipartisanship is really tough to achieve when everyone on both sides is left with a bad, bad taste in their mouths.

The South is dry and will vote dry. That is everybody who is sober enough to stagger to the polls will.

The rank and file were once again tasting the joy of being accepted by all groups. The party line made it possible during this period for ordinary members to be merely human beings and to act naturally, for their neighbors were now less frightened, and even listened to Communists explain that they were on the side of the American people.

I had to learn to navigate the political and religious currents in a state where Mormonism dominates despite not being Mormon.

Politicians are like weather vanes.

When I was at the CIA I asked my civilian advisory board to tackle some tough questions. Among the toughest: In a political culture that every day demands more transparency and more public accountability from every aspect of national life, could American intelligence continue to survive and succeed? That jury is still out.

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

These days everything is discussed in terms of political partisan perspective including the weather—especially the weather.

The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

Forty-eight hours is a long time in politics

We live in a country that elected Trump. Clearly you have a sense of humor.

My fiction is a very accurate reflection of the world we live in. Certainly, in some stories, that reflection is amplified but America elected a man who enjoys grabbing women by their pussies.

While I've been in Congress, I've never experienced a whiff of anti-Semitism. In my life, I have experienced very little.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.

I felt only a conservative president could bring peace in Vietnam 'cause he wouldn't be accused of being soft on communism.

Every year, thousands of Californians flee that populous paradise for tax-eased small government oasis of America's red states.

Politics is topical - it's what's happening now, and we can either respond in the present or avoid it.

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.

In the atmosphere existing in this country today, the charge that someone is a Communist is so common that hardly anyone active in public life escapes it.