Quotes about Political Change

There's nothing automatic about political change, about liberation. Votes: 6

Mexico has experimented with political change since the late 1980s. Votes: 6

We may have to have a geo-political regrouping or major geo-political changes. Votes: 6

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. Votes: 6

Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Votes: 6

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. Votes: 4

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. Votes: 4

Using political tools to change social conditions won't work. Votes: 4

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics. Votes: 4

Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Votes: 4

Students in the '60s were responsible for great changes, politically and socially. Votes: 4

The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States. Votes: 4

As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate. Votes: 4

We shall never change our political leaders until we change the people who elect them. Votes: 4

Your race and gender don't change, but you can choose to change your political affiliation at will. Votes: 4

The U.S. needs to do more than change presidents. It needs to change its political culture. Votes: 4

As a gay man, I think the role of culture is central to how you change politics - culture is politics. Votes: 4

Politics is repetition. It is not change. Change is something beyond what we call politics. Change is the essence politics is supposed to be the means to bring into being. Votes: 4

We are bringing women into politics to change the nature of politics, to change the vision, to change the institutions. Women are not wedded to the policies of the past. We didn't craft them. They didn't let us. Votes: 4

I have a somewhat sneaky way of effecting political change. Votes: 3

Acting alone, minorities can never achieve the majorities necessary for political change. Votes: 3

The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets. Votes: 3

Although the connections are not always obvious, personal change is inseparable from social and political change. Votes: 3

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear. Votes: 3

I didn't come into politics to change the Labour Party. I came into politics to change the country. Votes: 3

The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change. Votes: 3

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever. Votes: 3

I suspect that many of the great cultural shifts that prepare the way for political change are largely aesthetic Votes: 3

Management is the gate through which social and economic and political change, indeed change in every direction, is diffused though society. Votes: 3

Believe me, the intellectual revolution is going on, and that has to come first before you see the political changes. That's where I'm very optimistic. Votes: 3

The rout of fascism, in which the Soviet Union played the decisive role, generated a mighty tide of socio-political changes which swept across the globe. Votes: 3

I witnessed a lot of violence, and I found myself asking the question: Do you ever use violence to try to bring about political change? Votes: 3

Those who won our independence by revolution were not cowards. They did not fear political change. They did not exalt order at the cost of liberty. Votes: 3

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security. Votes: 3

I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. Votes: 3

There are ways to pursue political change. In a democracy, it's through the ballot box. There are other ways, and many democracies have many different systems of democracy. Votes: 3

In Christian terms, evangelization and humanization are not alternatives. Nor are the vertical dimension of faith and the horizontal dimension of love for ones neighbor and political change. Votes: 3

In Christian terms, evangelization and humanization are not alternatives. Nor are the 'vertical dimension' of faith and the 'horizontal dimension' of love for one's neighbor and political change. Votes: 3

For me, and maybe for many religious kids of the '60s, the church lost relevance the more it became a surrogate in the movement for social and political change. Votes: 3

I think we've seen at least the beginnings of rather significant social and economic change in the Muslim world, which I think will in due course lead to more political change. Votes: 3

Like John Kennedy in 1960, Obama combines youth, vigor, and good looks with the promise of political change. Like Kennedy, he grew up in unusual circumstances that distance him from ordinary American life. Votes: 3

The first step in saving our liberty is to realize how much we have already lost, how we lost it, and how we will continue to lose it unless fundamental political changes occur. Votes: 3

A discourse for broad-based political change is crucial for developing a politics that speaks to a future that can provide sustainable jobs, decent health care, quality education and communities of solidarity and support for young people. Votes: 3

Certainly Amadeus because it was a very powerful time for me, we filmed it in the Czech Republic at a time of lots of social and political change going on in that part of the world. Votes: 3

So efficient are the available instruments of slavery; fingerprints, lie detectors, brain washings, gas chambers; that we shiver at the thought of political change which might put these instruments in the hands of men of hate. Votes: 3

Most Americans have never seen the ignorance, degradation, hunger, sickness, and futility in which many other Americans live...They won't become involved in economic or political change until something brings the seriousness of the situation home to them. Votes: 3

The biggest political change in my lifetime is that Americans no longer assume that their children will have it better than they did. This is a huge break with the past, with assumptions and traditions that shaped us. Votes: 3

Some believe that the only way to remove the authoritarian regime and replace it with a democratic one is through violent means. I would like to set the precedent of political change through political settlement, not through violence. Votes: 3

George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I hoped Barack Obama could be a good president, but I'm disappointed. He hasn't done well. Votes: 3

Significant and seemingly impossible social and political change happens more often than we think, and it happens more rapidly than we realize. Even the most momentous change is always possible if one finds the right way to make it happen. Votes: 3

We also have to engage - and I think this is important - in national politics because there is no way to address questions of this scale in the short time that we have to address them without engaging in real political change. Votes: 3

I worry about international terror as a method for bringing about political change or sociological change in different countries. And this concerns me because our homeland is not immune from this kind of dastardly attack. And so I worry about that a lot. Votes: 3

The United States is in the midst of many spirited political debates about national priorities and public spending... However, we have found that science is an area where both political parties can find common ground, and in which political change does not necessarily create discontinuities. Votes: 3

Syriza is what it is: a radical, left-wing party that feels the pulse of the times, knows what's at stake, and is after a wide consensus and unity for political change in Greece. This is something that departs from the narrow limits of the radical left. Votes: 3

Any serious social, political, and economic change must include veganism. Votes: 0

The democracy process provides for political and social change without violence. Votes: 0

Nothing matters for a drastic change in Ukraine more than political transformations. Votes: 0

I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper. Votes: 0

If everybody voted, then it would completely change the political map in this country. Votes: 0

I really do believe that mayors have the political position to really change people's lives. Votes: 0

No economic, political or military power can compare with the power of a change of mind Votes: 0

The only way change happens is when people become more significantly involved in the political process. Votes: 0

Political leaders can help change the psychological climate which affects the quality of relationships among people. Votes: 0

In the Trump language, words change their meaning day by day depending on his own political needs. Votes: 0

Books ARE a form of political action. Books are knowledge. Books are reflection. Books change your mind. Votes: 0

I'm still a political revolutionary. The fire never went out of me, but perceptions and realizations change. Votes: 0

We believe it is the duty of the vanguard political movement which brings change to educate people's outlook Votes: 0

I'm pretty opinionated sometimes although my political views change all the time, too. So I'm not very zealous. Votes: 0

Hope is essential to any political struggle for radical change when the overall social climate promotes disillusionment and despair. Votes: 0

All meaning alters with acceleration, because all patterns of personal and political interdependence change with any acceleration of information. Votes: 0

Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change Votes: 0

The political and substantive reality is that the agenda has to change. I don't think they have any choice. Votes: 0

It was all to do with the change of producer as well as political reasons I don't really comprehend. Votes: 0

Sometimes a good love song can change the world and create positive energy more than any political song can. Votes: 0

In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team. Votes: 0

It's hard to change adults, and it's hard to change it from a political position or a perceived political position. Votes: 0

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up. Votes: 0

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact. Votes: 0

As foreign minister of Norway, I learnt how natural changes provoked by climate change are creating new sources of political instability. Votes: 0

What's now urgently needed [to stop environmental disaster] is the international political commitment to take action to avoid dangerous climate change. Votes: 0

Every country now has its own domestic political debate about how to respond to climate change. This is where the action is. Votes: 0

For me, poetry has no point in existing if it's not to be a prompt or aid to political and ethical change. Votes: 0

Design is both a political and cultural force for change, although most designers choose not to think about the power it has. Votes: 0

At a certain point, the atmosphere in the West could change. But I don't see determined political will [for that] at the moment. Votes: 0

Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership. Votes: 0

Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose. It is the strength required to bring about social, political and economic change. Votes: 0

It appears that President Obama is making great progress on climate change, he is changing the political climate in the country back to Republican. Votes: 0

All poets, all writers are political. They either maintain the status quo, or they say, 'Something's wrong, let's change it for the better.' Votes: 0

It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change. Votes: 0

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. Votes: 0

We have a mental health system that is dominated by political and hidden forces that keep us stagnated and unable to see real, lasting change. Votes: 0

The rules and reasons the political system employs to enforce status relations of any kind, including racial hierarchy, evolve and change as they are challenged. Votes: 0

...move from emphasis on personal lifestyle issues toward creating political paradigms and radical models of social change that emphasize collective as well as individual change. Votes: 0

It's been encouraging to hear the pope talking about climate change and take it away from being a political issue to being one of survival. Votes: 0

The difference between political terror and ordinary crime becomes clear during the change of regimes, in which former terrorists become well-regarded representatives of their country. Votes: 0

Conservative Denyers and Delayers are the main reason America lacks the consensus and the political will to take up the fight against catastrophic climate change. Votes: 0

The purpose and function of government is not to preside over change but to prevent change. By political methods when unavoidable, by violence when convenient. Votes: 0

Climate change has taken on political dimensions. That's odd because I don't see people choosing sides over E=Mc2 or other fundamental facts of science. Votes: 0

We need a more diversified portfolio of change-making tools so that we don't just get so freaked out by whatever's happening in the political corner. Votes: 0

The best way to reduce emissions and pollution is not through partisan political theater but through developing consensus on areas that will bring about effectual change. Votes: 0

[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems. Votes: 0

Architecture is a political act, by nature. It has to do with the relationships between people and how they decide to change their conditions of living. Votes: 0

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. Votes: 0

I believe that artistic activities change people. You do effect change. I see architecture as a political, social and cultural act - that is its primary role. Votes: 0

Whenever anybody gets involved in politics, its always exciting for me because we take for granted our freedoms and our abilities to effect change through political activism. Votes: 0

No change in the balance of political parties can alter the general determination that no class should be excluded from contributing to and sharing responsibility for the state. Votes: 0

Activists are generally doers - rather than watching television and thinking about the world they will put there energies into doing something 'active' to change the (political) situation. Votes: 0

Major political parties have a role, but they are incapable of initiating fundamental change because they are fundamentally tied to the status quo. They are the status quo. Votes: 0

A lot of political people, especially people on the left, have forgotten the importance of humor as an incredible weapon, and a vehicle through which to affect change. Votes: 0

The political writer, then, is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives. Votes: 0

I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world. Votes: 0

Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system would have to be rethought. Votes: 0

Switzerland has no competition. It sits in the middle of Europe, it has the highest technological development, it's legally safe and the political circumstances are never going to change. Votes: 0

The political writer, then is the ultimate optimist, believing people are capable of change and using words as one way to try and penetrate the privatism of our lives. Votes: 0