Political Motive Quotes

I have been accused of acting out of partisan political motives.

You have to understand the way the liberal looks at something working. Their purpose here is not to provide you health care cheaply, affordably and plentifully. That's not what this is about to them.

The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges.

The Brady Bill's only effect will be to desensitize the public to regulation of weapons in preparation for their ultimate confiscation.

Insiders say that Trump is running for president as a publicity stunt. That's not the Donald Trump I know.

A terrorist is one who kills innocents for the pursuit of a political aim.

I know that Oswald killed Kennedy. Now, was he pushed? Encouraged to do it by outsiders? Possibly. Possibly. Was he sitting down with Fidel Castro? No.

A politician or political thinker who calls himself a political realist is usually boasting that he sees politics, so to speak, in the raw; he is generally a proclaimed cynic and pessimist who makes it his business to look behind words and fine speeches for the motive. This motive is always low.

Almost all education has a political motive.

There is an assumption that everything the President—the White House does is for political electoral purposes.

Some of us believe, with good reasons, that the Republicans are 'mad-dogging' Hillary Clinton with the Benghazi hearing to damage not only her presidential prospects, but also to damage President Obama's credibility.

The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.

I think it's a self-serving effort to put a political agenda above the safety of our law enforcement officers.

The attempted assassinations against me were not accidental.

There are people who do everything for a calculative political motive. My only motive is a human motive.

I believe that the evidence will show that there was not so much a conspiracy, but a convergence of interests with three different groups that had an interest in eliminating [Malcolm X] voice and his vision.

Lee Harvey Oswald was under surveillance by the FBI for months before the assassination.

What is the 'noble cause' for which you sent our country to war?

Governments are best classified by considering who are the 'somebodies' they are in fact endeavouring to satisfy.

I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable - individual psychology.

Putting Americans at risk for a political reason I think is wrong and I think it's unfortunate.

The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.

Those young ones who want to try military jihad are facing a triple issue. First of all, they are missing the point when it comes to understanding what there is at stake from a political viewpoint. How come so many of them are going to Syria and so few to Palestine, even though, when it comes to symbolism, Palestine definitively wins.Then, it is essential to understand that it is not a religious matter. Finally, let's not forget about the recruiters behind their screens. Those ones are quite skillful and well-supported financially.

Where does this guy's ambition go? That's very peculiar. I think he's a very disturbing person, I think he's a very disturbing politician. Personally, I feel his interest is a self-interest

Did the CIA kill my brother?