Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore. Stendhal on politics
A lot of women these days, a lot of young women don't want to call themselves feminists. You have this cheap, hideous 'girl power' sort of fad, which I think is pretty benign at best, but at worst, I think it's a way of taking the politics out of feminism and making it some kind of fashion. Ani DiFranco on politics
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. Jonathan Swift on politics
Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people. Richard M. Nixon on politics
The advantage of the internet is that it has taken away the charade of politics. China has heard of democracy and people know about certain concepts they wouldn't have previously. Marilyn Manson on politics
I played by the rules of politics as I found them. Richard M. Nixon on politics
In Pakistan politics is hereditary. Imran Khan on politics
There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water. Alan Clark on politics
It's like being at the kids' table at Thanksgiving - you can put your elbows on it, you don't have to talk politics... no matter how old I get, there's always a part of me that's sitting there. John Hughes on politics
I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business. Richard M. Nixon on politics
What we won when all of our people united must not be lost in suspicion and distrust and selfishness and politics. Accordingly, I shall not seek, and I will not accept, the nomination of my party for another term as president. Lyndon B. Johnson on politics
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. Lyndon B. Johnson on politics
In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it. Charles Caleb Colton on politics
Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself. Woodrow Wilson on politics
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion. Richard M. Nixon on politics
I seldom think of politics more than eighteen hours a day. Lyndon B. Johnson on politics
It's really very simple, Governor. When people are hungry they die. So spare me your politics and tell me what you need and how you're going to get it to these people. Bob Geldof on politics
I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics. Michelle Obama on politics
First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win. Donald Rumsfeld on politics