The TUC's new slogan 'a future that works' sets a profound challenge. Austerity and rapid deficit reduction is failing in its own terms, but even at its best it is short-sighted, muddle-through politics with no vision of a new economic model. Frances O'Grady on politics
Politics is very interesting and always leads to conflict. Ridley Scott on politics
I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. Pervez Musharraf on politics
I met my wife Anne who was a sociology student, and her influence together with activities associated with the student movement of the time opened up my interests amongst other things into the theatre, art, music, politics and philosophy. Paul Nurse on politics
I'm not very active politically. The causes I work on offer immediate, practical, accessible help, and politics has never meant that to me. Kathleen Turner on politics
Is anyone serious about the politics of happiness? David Cameron dipped a toe in the water, using the word lightly, but denying the hard policies it implies. Labour shies away from it, but should take up the challenge. Polly Toynbee on politics
My job is to look at what politics is doing, not be a politician myself. Antonio Tabucchi on politics
All tools have intrinsic politics and technology is the tool of now. Godfrey Reggio on politics
When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly. Bill Frist on politics
It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems. Angela Davis on politics
I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics. So forgive me. But I am passionate about this country. I am equally passionate about the potential of the people who live here. Simon Cowell on politics
Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics. Wendell Phillips on politics
Things happen in American politics in the political center. If the President will meet us in the center, there are things we can accomplish. Mitch McConnell on politics
Politics is the science of urgencies. Theodore Parker on politics
I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves. Mira Nair on politics
There's a rule of thumb in politics. If you're at a point where you're complaining about the other guy being mean and unfair and uncivil, that's probably a sign that you're losing. Laura Ingraham on politics
I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband. Corazon Aquino on politics
It seems to be the thing now that young people are getting back into politics. Susan George on politics
I think especially in a world where you have so little say about what goes on in your life, or in the politics of the world around you, it is wonderful to go into that studio, and tell yourself what to do. Suzanne Farrell on politics