Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. Colin Powell on politics
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. Samuel Johnson on politics
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. Pericles on politics
First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. John Avlon on politics
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Henry A. Kissinger on politics
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. George W. Bush on politics
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson on politics
I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. Lord Byron on politics
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. Jane Austen on politics
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle on politics
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. Angela Davis on politics
We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. Stephen King on politics
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. Reinhold Niebuhr on politics
Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives. Paul Wellstone on politics
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. Thomas Huxley on politics
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. Henry Rollins on politics
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table. H. G. Wells on politics