Political Reflection Quotes

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

Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.

I can't deny I'm a better ex-president than I was a president.

Every government is the exact symbol of its people ... Like People like Government.

I think that in many ways, some of those who did vote for Trump are sorry that they did so. But the hope, at least, is that we have a chance to make up for those kinds of mistakes.

Good Dems are good Dems. They want a representative that really reflects their values.

I think more so than the Republican Party, we reflect America on the Democratic side of the aisle, and that's a healthy thing. I mean, that's what democracy is all about.

A sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.

When I founded the party in 1966, I had just turned 24.And each year, no, not each year, each day I live I've gained new experiences. Now the criticism is not to say the party did not play a positive part in those times, but, in order to be objective, we did not accomplish the things we set out to accomplish.

Senator Rand Paul reflected on Mitt Romney's potential 2016 campaign and said, 'It's sort of what Einstein said, that the definition of insanity is to do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result.' When someone told him Einstein didn't actually say that, he said, 'In the words of Gandhi, 'My bad.''

Being in the European Union has its advantages, and I think that is what the British are beginning to understand, what those who are tempted by the Brexit are going to reflect upon.

As a rule, the most engaging political memoirs are written by those who are ending their political careers.

North Carolina Senator Jesse Helms has signed a deal with Random House to write his memoirs. Scholars will no doubt benefit from the reflections of a man who was wrong on every major issue for 40 years. Helms' aides say the proceeds from the book will be donated to the non-profit Jesse Helms Center where they apparently have more experience burning than publishing them.

Donald Trump will be the next president, the 45th president of the United States. And it will be up to him to set up a team that he thinks will serve him well and reflect his policies. It takes a while for people to reconcile themselves with that new reality. Hopefully, it's a reminder that elections matter. I think it's important for us to let him make his decisions, and I think the American people will judge over the course of the next couple of years whether they like what they see.

When I first started to do fashion shows I didn't have the budget to hire top models so I would cast women who inspired me, and ask them to walk how they walked. I was doing a mise en scène, which for me was normal. I love for people to see my clothes, but it was more about the attitude of the girls. The revues of the late 19th century/early 20th century were very much a reflection of what was happening in society and politics, and for me that is also the role of the fashion designer.

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.

Washington is a mirror reflecting our instinct.

To a certain extent, people's behavior in a campaign is generally a reflection of how they would act in office.

It has been frequently remarked, that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country to decide, by their conduct and example, the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not, of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend, for their political constitutions, on accident and force.

It is the responsibility of a director to introduce their politics in their films, and whether you like it or not your politics will be reflected unless you are an opportunist which some directors are.

I am sorry to upset my colleagues by saying we wasted four years in opposition, but if you do get so badly defeated as a party you do have to face up to some painful facts and you do have to change.

Why you won an election and why you didn't is a subject of, you know, books that get written 20 years later.

I think today that politics registers very late things which society manifests through other channels, and I feel that often politics distorts and mystifies reality.

I loved every day I was in politics. But I got out at the right time. I never miss it.