Politics Quotes

There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

It's been my experience in politics that you can try and plan it out: 'I'm going to hit the three ball which will hit the eight ball.' You've just got to go run and try to do everything right. And then have a little luck.

I've been involved in politics for quite some time. I've held positions, and my experiences are very deep, and I think I have the capacity, the courage, and the character to institute the kinds of reforms that are so desperately needed.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.

One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless.

Ninety percent of politics is deciding whom to blame.

I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

My father was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. My grandfather had been in politics, too; however, my own inclination was for a job other than politics. I wanted to be a diplomat, perhaps do some journalism - certainly not politics.

There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.

Nothing ever stays in the middle. You always go from one extreme to the other, and politics is certainly that way.

I am not a political person, so I cannot comment on politics.

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible, and politics is hopeless, and to believe that our voices and actions don't matter. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.

Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.

I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.

No great advance has been made in science, politics, or religion without controversy.

Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.