I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. Robertson Davies
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. Charles de Secondat
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. Grover Cleveland
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. Abba Eban
And after I make a lot of money, I'll be able to afford running for office. Christy Romano
I always voted at my party's call, and I never thought of thinking for myself at all. William Gilbert
I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days. Gerhard Schroder
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. Estelle Morris
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart Udall
Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is. Edward Kennedy
I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. Gary Hart
If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide. Meg Greenfield
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. Martin L. Gross