Top 1200 Quotes & Sayings by Famous Politicians - Page 6

I do believe in the separation of church and state. But I don't think separation of church and state means you have to be free from your faith.

We need a budget that will foster economic growth for all of our people, and we need to make taxes more simple and fair for working families - not give handouts to the rich.

If a natural disaster strikes your community, reach out to your friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. Lend a helping hand.

We must protect the very things that make America so special - most certainly including our civil liberties. But we cannot do so without strong national security and a thoughtful and informed discourse.

President Obama and I both believe we don't have time for a meeting anywhere of the Flat Earth Society.

I've always been clear, I support the traditional definition of marriage.

No power in the country can dissolve the government.

First and foremost we are Earthlings.

I spend much of my time in a suit and tie with my top button done up and my sensible shoes neatly polished. When it comes to work, my appearance is about communicating professionalism and confidence.

The promise of the American Dream requires that we are all provided an equal opportunity to participate in and contribute to our nation.

In a fair society, the solution to unemployment is not to force people into workfare programmes which do little more than supply big companies with free labour. It's to create jobs that pay a living wage, for example, by investing in new sustainable infrastructure projects and boosting the jobs-rich low carbon economy.

We have lived with deadly levels of air pollution for years, which have made us more vulnerable to coronavirus.

Unfortunately, many in our homeless community suffer from severe mental illness.

My whole philosophy is about doing, not talking.

We don't want to turn the safety net into a hammock that lulls able-bodied people into complacency and dependence.

We will never be defined by tragedy but, instead, by how we respond to it.

Canada has the world's largest Ukrainian population outside of Ukraine and Russia. As a senator from Minnesota, a state with a large Ukrainian-American community, I understand how important it is that Canada works with us to stand up to Russian aggression in Ukraine.

Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it.

Energy efficiency not only saves businesses and consumers money, but it also reduces pollution by cutting energy use.

There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.

Mistakes are a part of being human. Appreciate your mistakes for what they are: precious life lessons that can only be learned the hard way. Unless it's a fatal mistake, which, at least, others can learn from.

There are people in every time and every land who want to stop history in its tracks. They fear the future, mistrust the present, and invoke the security of a comfortable past which, in fact, never existed.

The problem is neutrality ends in poverty, neutrality ends in choices that hurt people's lives. This administration is deliberately telling organizations that are there to help young girls make good choices, not to tell them what the good choice is. That is absolutely unconscionable.

If you walk on the path of truth all the powers in the universe help you.

The police should be focused on policing criminal activity, and that's sort of the beginning, the middle and the end of it for me.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

I am against nationalists, but I am very much in favour of patriots.

I envisage there being absolutely no regulation whatsoever - no minimum wage, no maternity or paternity rights, no unfair dismissal rights, no pension rights - for the smallest companies that are trying to get off the ground, in order to give them a chance.

Probation is a less-well-known branch of our justice system, compared with, say, police and prisons, but that doesn't make it any less important. Hundreds of thousands of offenders each year are rehabilitated back into society by probation, which is crucial for the public's safety.

Women in America must be trusted to make their own medical decisions and have access to the full range of reproductive health care, including abortion.

Health care should be a right; it should never be a privilege. We should have Medicare for all in this country.

What the United States needs to do at this point is reaffirm our commitment that Assad must go and that Iran and Russia cannot be granted a sphere of influence in Syria, and that we will not sit down at the negotiating table to help broker Assad's victory in this fight.

Egypt is a sovereign nation.

I actually think I think better in high heels.

The principles that should guide American foreign policy are simple: the world is safer when America leads, only strength ensures peace and freedom, and America must stand with its allies and challenge its adversaries.

Afflictions are but as a dark entry into our Father's house.

It is not patriotic to commit young Americans to war unless our national security clearly requires it.

You've got to change incentives for good behavior as opposed to just disincentivizing bad behavior.

Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.

Wild globalisation has benefited some, but it's been a catastrophe for most.

The Health Commissioner has given us good advice. It's smarter to keep the COVID patients separate. You don't want a person who goes into a hospital with one situation developing COVID because they happened to be exposed.

The War Powers Act requires presidents to seek the consent of the American people, through their representatives, before sending our troops into war. It is the responsibility of Congress to deliberate and consult with the executive branch before involving ourselves in a military conflict.

I really want women to know their power, to value their experience. To understand that nothing has been more wholesome in the political process than the increased involvement of women.

Abandoned homes become magnets for vandalism and crime. They drag down the property values of neighboring homes.

I have no limits to my ambition for the Liberal Democrats.

The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.

Private ownership of property is vital to both our freedom and our prosperity.

I find that when you open the door toward openness and transparency, a lot of people will follow you through.

From bank accounts to financial systems, power grids to air traffic controls - our most critical infrastructure remain attractive cyber targets, and if they are ever compromised, the effects could be devastating.

Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why they have to be exceptionally careful in rendering decisions, which cause unintended consequences.

Since the dawn of time, traditional marriage - the union between one man and one woman - has been the building block of civilization, and at no point in our nation's history has that foundation been under more severe attack than now.

Living on hypocrisy is not a healthy diet for patriots.

Complacency is not an option when so many of our citizens are struggling to make ends meet.

You cannot win an election without a fight.

A page digested is better than a volume hurriedly read.

What is the basic principle of democracy? In the end, it is loyalty to the nation. We Central Europeans know from historical experience that sooner or later, we will lose our freedom if we do not represent the interests of our citizens.

Patriotism is the secret resource of a successful society.

I would radically redesign early years education to learn from the best bits of the Finnish system.

The economy is the start and end of everything. You can't have successful education reform or any other reform if you don't have a strong economy.

I don't want to let the rest of this country drift into the abyss. I want to fight for it.