Politics Quotes

On the island of Ireland the issue of the border is more than just a practical issue; it is about emotion, history and politics.

Every election is important for national politics.

A cardinal rule of politics is that if an issue has the potential to cause problems for a candidate, it is best to deal with it well before the election so the dust has time to settle.

War is the ultimate tool of politics.

I have learned, in my life and work as a sportswriter, that big-time Sports and big-time Politics are not so far apart in America. They are both a means to the same end, which is victory... And why not? Victory is good for you, and don't let anybody tell you different.

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

Brands are increasingly flirting with the realm of politics.

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

When it comes to Washington, most people tend to think first of politics. But Washington is also a geographic and physical place. It is, for instance, one of the few cities of the world where you can talk endlessly about trees.

The practice of politics in the East may be defined by one word: dissimulation.

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks - upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics - is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age.

Politics ruins the character.

There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.

Politics has become so polarised. We're stuck between the Ukip-lite Tories and Jeremy Corbyn. How is that a choice?

We don't have time to play politics with people's lives or the planet's future.

Misogyny is at the reptilian brain stem of a lot of right-wing politics.

There is no hope even that woman, with her right to vote, will ever purify politics.

In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge.