Top 1200 Political Participation Quotes & Sayings - Page 5

The best art is political and you ought to be able to make it unquestionably political and irrevocably beautiful at the same time.

Nobody wants a political prisoner, but a political emigrant is no problem.

'Essence' is political. I grew up on the magazine, looking at the covers. Seeing ourselves on the cover is political.

From 1962 to 1965 the US was dedicated to try to prevent the independence of South Vietnam, the reason was of course that Kennedy and Johnson knew that if any political solution was permitted in the south, the National Liberation Front would effectively come to power, so strong was its political support in comparison with the political support of the so-called South Vietnamese government.

Political necessities sometime turn out to be political mistakes.

The specific political distinction to which political actions and motives can be reduced is that between friend and enemy.

As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship.

The issue that a political campaign would make a human life into - you know - a political football, is unsettling.

My participation in the presidential elections can truly be a step on the path towards the transformation that our country needs so much.

True success in any endeavor can only come when the Father has initiated the activity and invited our participation.

As many political writers have pointed out, commitment to political equality is not an empirical claim that people are clones.

The reduction of political discourse to sound bites is one of the worst things that's happened in American political life.

There are many types of participation. One can observe so intensely that one becomes part of the action, but without being an active participant.

If there is no freedom of expression, then the beauty of life is lost. Participation in a society is not an artistic choice, it’s a human need.

Traditionally in American cinema, Black men and women's participation in world wars is often not even represented at all.

I'm a very political person, and I make political choices in my movies.

The world went on, as it does, without my full participation, and I only woke up from the reverie when someone said my name.

Trade, tourism, cultural exchange, and participation in international institutions all serve to erode the legitimacy of repressive regimes.

Democracy, taken in its narrower, purely political, sense, suffers from the fact that those in economic and political power possess the means for molding public opinion to serve their own class interests. The democratic form of government in itself does not automatically solve problems; it offers, however, a useful framework for their solution. Everything depends ultimately on the political and moral qualities of the citizenry.

I wanted to have a political career. I thought studying political science would be the best way to achieve it.

Are we prepared to take on the enormous political power of the billionaire class or do we continue to slide into economic and political oligarchy?

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better.

Feminism needs a political program because gender inequality has been fostered by political decisions.

Equal rights should not be a partisan political issue - so why are all gay leaders in one political party?

Without a unified political climate of opinion, there is little or no political profit in doing the right thing.

I have no political weight, and I haven't earned the right to launch some kind of political programme or stand as a candidate.

Certain people in politics and the press felt there was a political spin to 'Cardiac Arrest,' but there was no political agenda to what I was doing.

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

All good art should be political, I think, and inevitably it all becomes political really, in one way or another.

With an abusive political relationship, with a political party that's throwing you under the bus, sister, I'm sorry to say but you don't have a future in this political party. You know, what they did to Bernie Sanders is what they have done to every progressive candidate and every real progressive movement within the party. They allow it to show its face and then they use the kill switch.

The moment when a feeling enters the body/ is political. This touch is political

My love is political. My body is political. I talk even when I don't speak.

Elections have been free and fair with full participation of the people, reinforcing that the ballot is mightier than the bullet.

The American founders, when framing their governments, looked to the Bible for insights into human nature, civic virtue, social order, political authority and other concepts essential to the establishment of a political society. They saw in Scripture political and legal models - such as republicanism, separation of powers, and due process of law - that they believed enjoyed divine favor and were worthy of emulation in their polities.

Happens I am very political. I have deep political instincts.

My parents really doted on me in so many ways. They had an intense love and participation in my well-being.

An extraordinarily precocious mind, a political free thinker, who towered above his political contemporaries in Germany.

It [the Euro] is a decisive step towards ever closer political and institutional union in Europe. Above all, it is political.

Many people have come to Christ as a result of my participation in presenting the Gospel to them. It's all the work of the Holy Spirit.

There's a difference, though, between being a political appointee and putting a political operative in charge of a U.S. attorney's office.

People come to Paris, to the capital, to give their lives a sense of belonging, of an almost mythical participation in society.

My work isn't overtly political, although it is sometimes painted in places where I don't have permission to paint, so that could be construed as a political statement.

The greatest filmmakers are not the ones who put everything in; they're the ones who can figure things to leave out, and in doing so, invite your participation.

Large companies cannot finance political parties as their shareholders and employees have different political views.

There can be no political reform and democracy in any Arab country without accepting that political Islam is a part of it.

As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.

I'm very concerned with what's going on the news, but I would not call myself a political animal, per se. I pay more attention during election years, or if I see some topic or issue that I care about. But I would never call myself a political animal or political junkie.

Politics is about the participation and engagement of the wider citizenry - to miss that point would doom us to irrelevance.

I'm selfish when it comes to work. I'm like, "Oh, that will be fun! I wanna do that!" I never think beyond my participation in a project.

For decades, my identity was political, but I've come to understand that there's no political solution when you're dealing with someone else's rules.

Falling entry barriers and lower access costs have significantly democratised participation, whether in production or consumption.

Elections in India are not contests between personalities. They are ultimately battles involving political parties; promises and pledges that political parties make; the vision and programmes that political parties bring to the table. So although, Modi's style is 'I, me, myself,' I don't think 2014 elections as a Modi versus Rahul contest.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

We need less political correctness and more political courage.

Since the civil war in Laos was resumed in earnest in 1963, American participation has been veiled in secrecy.

Political success is a good deal pleasanter than political failure, but it too brings its problems.

The Democratic Party is now a political mechanism having a genuine political principle: national socialism.

People are moving into modes of participation and self-generation, which apply to everything from museums and television to architecture.

All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.

Everybody knows that at a Freedia show, you're definitely going to have some crowd participation, and they're anticipating and waiting for that moment.