Politician Quotes

"In India, nobody really talks about works of art; they always talk about the appreciation of art. You buy this for 3,000 rupees, it'll become 30,000 in two months."

"My work is not directly about the social or political."

"There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it."

"There is no conclusive proof of Unidentified Flying Objects flying over India-China border."

"All my life I have fought corruption."

"I don't do office work at home."

"The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep."

"If nobody said anything unless he knew what he was talking about, a ghastly hush would descend upon the earth."

"Let's find out what everyone is doing, And then stop everyone from doing it."

"People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament."

"This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade."

"A high-brow is someone who looks at a sausage and thinks of Picasso."

"The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time."

"I am sure that the party system is right and necessary. There must be some scum."

"An Englishman never enjoys himself, except for a noble purpose."

"The Englishman never enjoys himself except for a noble purpose."

"The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep."

"Freedom is never given; it is won."

"A community is democratic only when the humblest and weakest person can enjoy the highest civil, economic, and social rights that the biggest and most powerful possess."

"Justice is never given; it is exacted and the struggle must be continuous for freedom is never a final fact, but a continuing evolving process to higher and higher levels of human, social, economic, political and religious relationship."

"In every truth, the beneficiaries of a system cannot be expected to destroy it."

"I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win."

"If someone tried to deprive you of your rights, you've got to resist it. You've got to resent it. You've got to fight against it."

"Negroes must be free in order to be equal, and they must be equal in order to be free... Men cannot win freedom unless they win equality. They cannot win equality unless they win freedom."

"We seek the right to play our part in advancing the cause of national defense and national unity. But certainly, there can be no true national unity where one-tenth of the population is denied their basic rights as American citizens."

"Salvation for a race, nation or class must come from within."

"We must develop huge demonstrations, because the world is used to big dramatic affairs. They think in terms of hundreds of thousands and millions and billions... Billions of dollars are appropriated at the twinkling of an eye. Nothing little counts."

"Freedom is never granted; it is won."

"Since almost all Negroes are workers, live on wages, and suffer from the high cost of food, clothing and shelter, it is obvious that the Republican and Democratic Parties are opposed to their interests."

"I suggest that ten thousand Negroes march on Washington, D.C., the capital of the Nation, with the slogan, 'We loyal Negro American citizens demand the right to work and fight for our country.'"