I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot. Jeane Kirkpatrick on politics
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. Robertson Davies on politics
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. Charles de Secondat on politics
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. Grover Cleveland on politics
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. Abba Eban on politics
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office. Christy Romano on politics
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. William Gilbert on politics
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. Gerhard Schroder on politics
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. Estelle Morris on politics
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart Udall on politics
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. Edward Kennedy on politics
I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. Gary Hart on politics
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. Meg Greenfield on politics
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. Martin L. Gross on politics
You better take advantage of the good cigars. You don't get much else in that job. Thomas P. O'Neill on politics
After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain. George C. Wallace on politics
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. Dick Durbin on politics