Politics Quotes

After graduating from college I worked at a variety of jobs, from banking to politics. I enjoyed whatever I was doing at the time but I didn't love my work.

My passion for ideas is not matched with a passion for partisan or electoral politics.

Politics move, as fast as Twitter, and for everyone to think that in four years America was going to be perfect is ridiculous.

Local politics, like everything else, are not what they used to be. But the fact is that our political system - like our physical existence - still breaks down along geographical lines.

It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy.

Every person has only so much attention to give, and politics and government takes up only a fraction of what it did 25 years ago.

The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.

Politics now is rather like going into Starbucks for a coffee.

If American politics are too dirty for women to take part in, there's something wrong with American politics.

So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb.

The secret of getting things done is to act!

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.

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.