Political Direction Quotes

Politicians are like weather vanes.

The black church is dormant, much of the community is dormant. If the black church is leaning toward the right, much of the community is leaning toward the right. If it is leaning in the left wing direction having repercussions.

I think the Republican Party is lost in terms of whether we should be stronger on the social issues or ignore the social issues. But I think the Rand Pauls, the Ted Cruzes, that's the future of the party.

The other states look to New York for the progressive direction.

The great thing about this town hall format is that it allows us to hear what's on the minds of Americans. Tonight, it was clear - voters have quite a few questions about the direction in which the current administration is headed.

I think that more and more you're going to see people of good will on their side of the aisle say you know what, we got to get off the bus here, this is not headed in the right direction.

Traditionally, Young Republicans have been a leading indicator of the direction of the party.

I'd come back after having served as ambassador to New Zealand and found that I had real concerns about the direction in which this country was headed.

We have no strategy. It is the government that sets the strategy. All we can do it try and figure out what the government will do.

It was pretty evident, I think, the direction the country was going, and that's why I think Donald Trump offered such a clear alternative to that from Hillary Clinton.

That doesn't necessarily mean they have to have an explicit proposal that they put forward that all Democrats sign up to, but I think they need to throw some ideas out that, at least directionally, point the way forward.

We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.

The imperial projects will continue, Wall Street will be unimpeded in its malfeasance and criminal activity, social programs will continue to be cut, maybe not at the same speed as under a Republican Administration, but it's all headed in the same direction.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

I think Bernie's [Sanders] setting a direction in the way that [Barry] Goldwater when he lost - I'm not saying he's going to lose. We don't know what is going to happen. It's early. But I think he's already set a lot of themes.

Governments never lead; they follow progress

I don't know which way to take Donald Trump. And only time will tell. Only time will tell.

As much as I disagree with Bernie Sanders - at least Bernie Sanders was a man seemingly of principle, a man who actually believed in something, was not surrounding himself with corruption and was moving in the direction that the people are moving.

George W. Bush brought a lot of minorities into his administration, which was a positive thing, and they had some issues that they wanted to press, but 9/11 really gave them direction. It gave them a purpose.

Democrats are committed to mapping a new direction in Iraq, and we will work with the President and the new Defense Secretary to ensure that the will of the American people guides our future actions.

America today is going to the left and not to the right.

The very nature of the government, and the direction it's been heading in for the past 40 years, is one of contrived government solutions to all the problems in the United States.

We either go one direction, left, which would be socialism. Or right, which would be people trying to make the money themselves.

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.