Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Paul Wellstone on politics
Politics is not predictions and politics is not observations. Politics is what we do. Politics is what we do, politics is what we create, by what we work for, by what we hope for and what we dare to imagine. Paul Wellstone on politics
We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. Paul Wellstone on politics
If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself. Karl Rove on politics
Look, there ought to be politics in politics. Karl Rove on politics
The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else. Karl Rove on politics
Negative politics have always been around. Karl Rove on politics
I'll never get out of politics. I have friends in public office. I have things that I want to do. You can't go back in life. I won't go back to the existence I had before of running a political consulting firm and signing up clients and advising campaigns in exactly that way. Karl Rove on politics
I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot. Karl Rove on politics
One thing I have learned in my time in politics is that if one of the parties is shameless, the other party cannot afford to be spineless. Frank Lautenberg on politics
What is more comforting to the terrorists around the world: the failure to pass the 9/11 legislation because we lacked 'a majority of the majority,' or putting aside partisan politics to enact tough new legislation with America's security foremost in mind? Rahm Emanuel on politics
I don't want to spend the rest of my life in politics. When I'm finished with my term as governor, I'm going back to the life that's waiting for me in the private sector. Jesse Ventura on politics
Politics is not my life. I have a career in radio and another career in film. Jesse Ventura on politics
I'm not a political person. When I start to get into it, it just upsets me. I feel so powerless when it comes to politics. So I've just decided to be non-political and very, very pro-soldier. Channing Tatum on politics
Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation. Larry Flynt on politics
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly. Lucy Powell on politics
The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's representation in politics, which has led to recent increases in the number of female politicians. Lucy Powell on politics
For sure, the 'Obamania' that's fast taking hold reflects an incredible thirst for change in global politics and, dare I say, a wave of optimism that things can be different. Lucy Powell on politics