My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics. Arlen Specter on politics
Pennsylvania is a very tough state people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics. Arlen Specter on politics
The proper reply to right wing religiosity is not to insist that politics and religion don't mix. This is the stock response of the left. Christopher Lasch on politics
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. Robert Byrd on politics
The days when the words 'Hollywood actor' framed Ronald Reagan like bunny fingers as an ID tag and an implied insult seem far-off and quaint: nearly everybody in politics - candidate, consultant, pundit, and Tea Party crowd extra alike - is an actor now, a shameless ham in a hoked-up reality series that never stops. James Wolcott on politics
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin on politics
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams on politics
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Henry Adams on politics
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. Henry Adams on politics
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams on politics
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams on politics
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Talib Kweli on politics
I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people. Kevin Costner on politics
The lesson of the last year is this: foreign policy can't be managed through the politics of personality, and our President would do well to take note of an observation John F. Kennedy made once he was in office - that all of the world's problems aren't his predecessor's fault. Sarah Palin on politics
In politics there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers, and then there are those like John McCain who use their careers to promote change. Sarah Palin on politics
I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. David Mamet on politics
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. Aung San Suu Kyi on politics
We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned. James Buchan on politics
Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. Russell Baker on politics
In politics, the people I most despise are those who have no values. Diane Abbott on politics