Telling the truth, and confronting the challenge, is what politics is about. Johann Lamont
In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's. Jean Rostand
What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house. Jon Bon Jovi
My mother, Lillie Specter, was an angel and totally uninterested in politics. Arlen Specter
Pennsylvania is a very tough state people don't last long in Pennsylvania politics. Arlen Specter
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
It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics. Robert Byrd
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
Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. Mikhail Bakunin
Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
Politics are a very unsatisfactory game. Henry Adams
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. Henry Adams
Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
Politics... have always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Talib Kweli
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
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
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
I'm not the guy to ask about politics. I'm a gag writer. David Mamet
Frankly, if you do politics, you should not be thinking about your dignity. Aung San Suu Kyi