Politics Quotes

Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.

As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair.

Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust.

We have been educated into believing someone else's concept of the deity, and someone else's standard of beauty. You have the right to practice any religion and politics in a way that best suits your freedom, your dignity, and your understanding. And once you do that, you don't apologize.

The arts are the one thing that appeal right across all forms of politics, race, creed - everything.

A wise nation should cultivate a political spirit that allows opponents to cooperate without fearing an automatic execution from their core supporters. Who knew that the real rogues in American politics would be the ones who dare to get along?

The best politics is no politics.

Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

Normally, I stay away from politics - unless I'm going to run for president.

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

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics.

Hypocrisy needs to be called out in American politics, and the absurd has reached the point where it is just insufferable.

Meanwhile, politics is about getting a candidate in front of the public as a star, politics as rock'n'roll, politics as a movie.

The unique thing about our country is that we have Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis, and people of all other religions. We have temples and mosques, gurdwaras and churches. But we do not bring all this into politics... This is the difference between India and Pakistan.

Solidarity and interdependence, a sense of worth, a pride and hope in the future: these are positive gains for those who believe in progressive politics and the beneficial role of government, rather than a detriment.

Art is inherently political. Even trying to make a film that has nothing to do with politics is, in and of itself, a political act.

I'm in politics to change things - if possible, for the better. I was a journalist for a long time, but I had a kind of midlife crisis, and I decided I needed to do something to get on the pitch and stop endlessly kicking over other peoples' sandcastles.

The truth is that all civic and social change is friction. Politics is friction. The only way you can bend the arc of history is to create that kind of friction, which is something that makes most people incredibly uncomfortable but which, for whatever reason, because of my upbringing or because of my genetics, is something that doesn't bug me.

A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics.