Politics Quotes

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

More things in politics happen by accident or exhaustion than happen by conspiracy.

Politics swings like a pendulum.

The revenues of Cuban state-run companies are used exclusively for the benefit of the people, to whom they belong.

I did not resign from politics because of Bofors. I resigned because I do not know how to play petty politics. I did not know back then and I don't know now either.

You don't go into politics unless you want to win.

If you want to be loved by everyone, don't go into politics.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

When I became prime minister last September, I promised the Japanese people that I would not tolerate the politics of indecision. A propensity to delay difficult and weighty decisions has been hurting our country. It is detrimental to our economy, society and future, and it cannot be allowed to continue.

From politics, it was an easy step to silence.

Politics, as a practice, whatever its profession, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will.

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

I have a certain pool of subject matter that I like to write about, things that interest me: politics, religion, ecology, and relationships between men and women. And that's usually what I focus on.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours.

Sometimes when I listen to fellow progressives, I wonder if the only lesson we took away from the '04 elections is that politics is a word game.

So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics.

Amnesty is a terrible policy, and it's terrible politics. It's a terrible policy because you are rewarding people for breaking the law.

Voters don't decide issues, they decide who will decide issues.

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

Look, the center right coalition in American politics today is best understood as a coalition of groups and individuals that on the issue that brings them to politics what they want from the government is to be left alone.

Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together.

There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.

I think what's fascinating is how many people are playing in politics who maybe haven't played before.

Politics will sooner or later make fools of everybody.

The politics of judges is getting to be red hot.