By 2000, politics will simply fade away. We will not see any political parties. R. Buckminster Fuller
Politics is the diversion of trivial men who, when they succeed at it, become important in the eyes of more trivial men. George Jean Nathan
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. P. J. O'Rourke
Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. Colin Powell
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. Samuel Johnson
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. Pericles
First, I think more Americans need to declare their independence from partisan politics on both sides. The more that Americans declare their independence, the more the parties will have to compete for their votes using reason rather than the hateful appeals. John Avlon
University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. Henry A. Kissinger
If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign. George W. Bush
I guess you'd call me an independent, since I've never identified myself with one party or another in politics. I always decide my vote by taking as careful a look as I can at the actual candidates and issues themselves, no matter what the party label. Jackie Robinson
I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether. Lord Byron
From politics, it was an easy step to silence. Jane Austen
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. Angela Davis
We've switched from a culture that was interested in manufacturing, economics, politics - trying to play a serious part in the world - to a culture that's really entertainment-based. Stephen King
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. Reinhold Niebuhr
Politics isn't about big money or power games it's about the improvement of people's lives. Paul Wellstone
There is no sea more dangerous than the ocean of practical politics none in which there is more need of good pilotage and of a single, unfaltering purpose when the waves rise high. Thomas Huxley
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things. Henry Rollins