Political Consequence Quotes

Every nation has the government it deserves. Toute nation a le government qu'elle merite.

Every country has the government it deserves.

If every nation gets the government it deserves, every generation writes the history which corresponds with its view of the world.

People get the government their behavior deserves. People deserve better than that.

The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.

The Reagan people want four more years, but the way they're going some of them will get ten to twenty.

I've never worried about payback. People are hungry for leadership that's not afraid of political consequence.

The election of any man avowing the principles of Mr. Jefferson would ... destroy religion, introduce immorality and loosen all the bonds of society.

We will vote for the special interests and say lots of luck but, you're being voted out of power.

Here's my point. I don't want you to be in a position years from now where you welcome Hillary Clinton and say actually you did win. It just wasn't close enough to make sure that all the votes were counted or whatever. Elections have consequences. Your vote counts. Your vote has consequences.

I want to be very honest, that I believe impeachment is a very big step - I believe it is something that should not be taken lightly - and it has to be something where we bring people along.

What will you tell them at your impeachment? That you had a weapon that would end the war immediately and you didn’t use it?

The son of a bitch should be impeached.

We can't afford any president to fail.

Whether you're a Democrat or Republican, if your standard-bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it's gonna reflect on the down-ballot.

What is good for my country is good for my party, Should my party abandon this principle, the American people will abandon us.

I said bluntly that if the president were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the president.

We've gotten rid of (Saddam Hussein), and I suppose that's a good thing.

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

Every president has to live with the result of what Lyndon Johnson did with Vietnam, when he lost the trust of the American people in the presidency.

Maybe Putin wanted to fire Medvedev , but how is he supposed to do that after my film?

Any time you put your name on a ballot, there is a risk of election.

You are the first President to whom the opportunity was ever offered constitutionally to inaugurate such a day. If you fail us now, you may be the last.

Mr. President. We can’t be certain our recommended plan to assist Mexico will work, and if it doesn’t, it may cost you your Presidency.

It should be clear to everyone what happens when the populists can set the agenda.