I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way. Judy Collins on politics
I think that what I'm doing is right. And election-year politics, which intensifies everything, is not going to drive me off that course. Eric Holder on politics
By asking the question 'Am I happy?,' and via the answer setting out what I mean by happiness, there is a political route that can be taken, by asking another question - 'Can politics deliver happiness, and should it try?' Alastair Campbell on politics
So here is one of my theories on happiness: we cannot know if we have lived a truly happy life until the very end. This view of life and death was reinforced by my close witnessing of the buildup to the death of Philip Gould. Philip was without doubt my closest friend in politics. When he died, I felt like I had lost a limb. Alastair Campbell on politics
There has been a shift to what may be defined as a culture of negativity which goes well beyond coverage of politics. Alastair Campbell on politics
I've done business with people I've met in politics, who I went to law school with, who I grew up with. Who do you do business with? People you meet in life. Terry McAuliffe on politics
As I've gotten older, I've gotten more liberal, and my father is increasingly conservative. It's so shocking to me because I always thought we had the same politics. The day I realized we voted for different presidents, I practically fell out of my chair. Lauren Graham on politics
You help me, I'll help you. That's politics. Terry McAuliffe on politics
As a society, I think we express our cultural mores through our politics. We're trying constantly to figure out what's OK and what's not OK. And it's hard, because our society is constantly buffeted by gale force winds of technology. Things are always changing. Daniel H. Wilson on politics
People like to do politics with me, and they like to do business. Terry McAuliffe on politics
We talked about politics constantly in my family growing up in North Carolina. There were always debates. Being of Greek background, it's in our blood to drink coffee and talk politics. Zach Galifianakis on politics
Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers. Terry McAuliffe on politics
Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American politics that are not good for the system. There's just too much money. Zach Galifianakis on politics
About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston. Howie Carr on politics
But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going on. It is the counsel's job to stop them, and instead the coverup was created. Fred F. Fielding on politics
I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics. Damon Albarn on politics
A purely objective viewpoint does not exist in the cosmos or in politics. Howard Fineman on politics
When you're young, with less on the line, it's easier to be audacious, to experiment. So I introduced the concerns of my generation - politics, sex, drugs, rock-and-roll, etc. - to the comics page, which for many years caused a rolling furor. Garry Trudeau on politics
In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed. Luke Ford on politics