Politics Quotes

Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It's a very subjective experience. And I'm loyal to that experience.

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.

I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism.

I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team.

In politics, there are no friends.

There is a holy, mistaken zeal in politics, as well as in religion. By persuading others, we convince ourselves.

I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.

I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.

Sometimes things just click. The one contribution I tried to do, was shield the staff from the corporate politics that occur on any show. But yes, we all got along very well.

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

Politics is applied biology.

I was really lucky that I came to puberty at a time when music and politics were completely intertwined.

Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

Anyone who thinks that the vice-president can take a position independent of the president of his administration simply has no knowledge of politics or government. You are his choice in a political marriage, and he expects your absolute loyalty.

In my grandfather's lab, scientists did independent research, and peers reviewed and commented on its merits. Politics, he taught me, had no place in the scientific process.

Please don't ask me any questions about the politics of 30 years ago.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

I'm still batting away on my politics for the Labour Party. I'm much further to the left of them than I used to be, but that's because they've moved, not me.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.

I didn't know my Dad - he moved out early. And my mom's politics were kind of hardscrabble. She didn't think about Democrats or Republicans. She thought about who made sense. I've been both in my life.

The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich.

Do we want an Attorney General who will play politics with the law, play politics with the court and just play politics with international conventions designed to protect our troops? I do not want to play that kind of politics. I am going to vote against Alberto Gonzales.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics.

The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault.

The journey for women, no matter what venue it is - politics, business, film - it's, it's a long journey.

I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.