Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed he who fears corruption fears life. Saul Alinsky on politics
It is impossible to practice parliamentary politics without having patience, decency, politeness and courtesy. Khaleda Zia on politics
A dose of humility goes a long way in life and in politics. Ron Fournier on politics
War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. Alfred Adler on politics
An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
We mean by 'politics' the people's business - the most important business there is. Adlai E. Stevenson on politics
I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest. Aneurin Bevan on politics
I've rarely kept my distance from kind of - I don't know if we can call it politics, but kind of, civic engagement and that kind of thing, except I tended to think, 'Well, do it yourself before you start telling other people what they should be doing.' David Byrne on politics
Remember the first time you went to a show and saw your favorite band. You wore their shirt, and sang every word. You didn't know anything about scene politics, haircuts, or what was cool. All you knew was that this music made you feel different from anyone you shared a locker with. Someone finally understood you. This is what music is about. Gerard Way on politics
I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist. Henry Adams on politics
Is there in all the history of human folly a greater fool than a clergymen in politics? Pat Robertson on politics
Anything's possible in politics. Pat Robertson on politics
You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesn't work. And what's good theater and what's good politics isn't necessarily good economic policy. Michael Bloomberg on politics
The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories. Christopher Lasch on politics
Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same - hardihood. Give them raw truth. John Jay Chapman on politics
Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than the opponents. But if you're looking for morals in politics you're looking for bananas in the cheese department. Harry Shearer on politics
In politics women type the letters, lick the stamps, distribute the pamphlets and get out the vote. Men get elected. Clare Boothe Luce on politics
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. Otto von Bismarck on politics