Politics Quotes

In politics almost all of us are nerds, so that's just a given... but we're cool nerds.

Yet, it ought to be obvious that good music generally occupies a higher plane that mere politics. Great writers can express moods through melody and capture experiences we share most powerfully - love, lust, longing; joy, rage, fear; triumph, yearning and confusion.

The art of politics is knowing what to do next.

Well, you know what, I'm 60 years old, and I've been interested in politics since I was on my daddy's knee. During the 1948 election, we were praying for Truman. I know a lot about politics.

You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.

Politics also means educating people. It's important to speak openly with our fellow Greeks, to tell them what our problems are and that we have to change something.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

I reiterate that I am strongly committed to working with those on all sides of politics to improve how Parliament operates.

On the one hand, the financial projection is on the agenda - we will see if this problem can be resolved or not. I think it is a right idea to stage a special summit, which would deal with the question of priorities of European politics.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

Economics, politics, and personalities are often inseparable.

First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals.

I think we have a fascinating new and quite dominant input into politics - and it wont go away. From time to time, people articulate a view that we should ban opinion polls, but that's nonsense.

In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in failure.

The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.

I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.

I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all.

I don't think there is anything more bitter in American politics than a close election.

I never got into politics for it to be a career. It doesn't take a lot of strength to hang on. It takes a lot of strength to let go.

When you cover politics, you realize that knowing how to talk about character matters more and more. The way we hold ideas is more important than the ideas.

To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.

The art of politics consists in knowing precisely when it is necessary to hit an opponent slightly below the belt.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

The darkest places in hell are reserved for those who maintain their neutrality in times of moral crisis.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.

In politics, you also have to be cautiously optimistic.

The bedfellows politics made are never strange. It only seems that way to those who have not watched the courtship.