My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. Woodrow Wilson on politics
The 'democracy gap' in our politics and elections spells a deep sense of powerlessness by people who drop out, do not vote, or listlessly vote for the 'least worst' every four years and then wonder why after every cycle the 'least worst' gets worse. Ralph Nader on politics
They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it. Chris Christie on politics
Nobody likes, you know, the ugly parts of politics. Barbara Bush on politics
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. Shirley Chisholm on politics
Politics and war are remarkably similar situations. Newt Gingrich on politics
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Hannah Arendt on politics
African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss. Alveda King on politics
Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics. Christopher Lasch on politics
I voted for Barack because he was black. 'Cuz that's why other folks vote for other people - because they look like them... That's American politics, pure and simple. Samuel L. Jackson on politics
I don't think you can work on feelings in politics, apart from anything else, political change can come very unexpectedly, sometimes overnight when you least expect it. Aung San Suu Kyi on politics
I don't really like labels in politics, but I will gladly accept the label of conservatism. Marco Rubio on politics
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. Otto von Bismarck on politics
A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics. Peter Jennings on politics
I don't know why that is, but English politics is just so overly white. It's very much about the class structure. Daniel Radcliffe on politics
It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul. Robert Redford on politics
I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty. Benjamin Carson on politics
The enemy is not just terrorism. It is the threat posed specifically by Islamist terrorism, by Bin Ladin and others who draw on a long tradition of extreme intolerance within a minority strain of Islam that does not distinguish politics from religion, and distorts both. John Cornyn on politics
I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. Dave Davies on politics
You do the policy, I'll do the politics. Dan Quayle on politics