Where there is politics or economics, there is no morality. Votes: 3
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelActivity in politics also produces eager competition and sharp rivalry. Votes: 3
John George NicolayI've come to believe that, fundamentally, art matters more than politics. Votes: 3
John Luther AdamsThe brutal reality of politics would be probably intolerable without drugs. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonYou can't have a discussion about politics without mentioning Ronald Reagan. Votes: 3
Eugene JareckiI don't think consensus-building politics is what I'm meant to be doing. Votes: 3
Christopher HitchensHalf of Japan still couldn't tell the difference between crime and politics. Votes: 3
Jon Courtenay GrimwoodSports, politics, and religion are the three passions of the badly educated. Votes: 3
William H. GassIt's true that in chess as in politics, fund-raising and glad-handing matter. Votes: 3
Garry KasparovThe problem of media/politics is multifold. Many things are out of whack. Votes: 3
Robert Kane PappasThe presidents I served under don't have anything to do with my politics. Votes: 3
William Eldridge OdomIn American politics, 'Europe' is usually a code word for 'big government.' Votes: 3
James SurowieckiIn politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little. Votes: 3
Robert J. SamuelsonIn middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament. Votes: 3
Frank Moore ColbyNothing in politics is ever so good or as bad as it first appears. Votes: 3
Edward Boyle, Baron Boyle of HandsworthThere's only one thing to do with politics, and that is to survive it. Votes: 3
Andrew Joseph GalambosThe next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics Votes: 3
Boutros Boutros-GhaliAn independent is the guy who wants to take the politics out of politics. Votes: 3
Adlai Stevenson IThe world would have peace if only men of politics would follow the Gospels. Votes: 3
Bridget of SwedenWe shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office. Votes: 3
Hillary ClintonI never mix my religion with politics. But I feel values are very important. Votes: 3
Mufi HannemannAll politics is a struggle for power; the ultimate kind of power is violence. Votes: 3
C. Wright MillsA man never stoops so low as when he rises to the challenge of politics. Votes: 3
Hunter S. ThompsonThere is no great danger to politics in the desire for certainty at any price. Votes: 3
Bernard CrickWar is nothing but a continuation of politics with the admixture of other means.
Carl von ClausewitzAll I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.
Jean-Claude DuvalierIn politics a community of hatred is almost always the foundation of friendships.
Alexis de TocquevilleI wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.
Theodore RooseveltYou can't be involved in modern American politics without somebody attacking you.
William J. ClintonWhen I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called rent-a-spine
Margaret ThatcherAristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics.
William Dwight WhitneyI've always had my voice as a comic. I was never that into politics, or prop comedy.
Andrew Dice ClayIn politics, you have your word and your friends; go back on either and you're dead.
Morton BlackwellPolitics are close to me, but there are different ways of participating in politics.
Vagit AlekperovI don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports.
Conor McGregorI cannot watch the city of Chicago be destroyed by petty politics and bad government.
Harold WashingtonI'm such a sap for democracy and politics that I get weepy when I see anybody voting.
Tucker CarlsonPolitics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
William J. ClintonIf you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.
David Lloyd GeorgeI can't see why anyone would want to be in politics because you get so much criticism.
David WalliamsPolitics is a choice of enemas. You're gonna get it up the ass, no matter what you do.
George V. HigginsThose who can't teach - administrate. Those who can't administrate - go into politics.
H. L. MenckenThe whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men.
Reinhold NiebuhrPolitics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Robert Louis StevensonI think I do want to go into politics. I really, really do. And I don't know if I will.
Alec BaldwinI have always noticed in politics how often men are ruined by having too good a memory.
Alexis de TocquevilleIn elective politics, it's up or out. You go up the ladder, or you get out of the game.
Edward BrookeI do not believe that politics in the long run is about individuals. It is about ideas.
Eliot SpitzerIt's because I'm only interested in the big things that I'm not interested in politics.
Elizabeth SmartThere's no point in getting into politics at all unless you plan to lash things around.
Hunter S. ThompsonI think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.
Jill SolowayThird party politics, at least since La Follette, has always had an element of romance.
John Kenneth Galbraith...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.
Thomas SowellTo be frank, politics is about wanting power, getting it, exercising it, and keeping it.
Jean ChretienIn the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.
John MearsheimerWe are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
Margaret ThatcherIn a democracy, dynasty politics is wrong. We need to free the state and nation from it.
Narendra ModiYou can achieve anything in politics provided that you let someone else take the credit.
Ronald ReaganYou get involved in politics because politics are a weapon to use in the cause of Islam.
Siraj WahhajI'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
Zephyr TeachoutI think politics in general are just like a popularity contest but McCain is just... old.
D. L. HughleyTo make even fewer friends try talking about politics as much as you talk about yourself.
Demetri MartinIs there a way to discuss climate change without politics or religion getting in the way?
Don CheadleIn politics one may remain aloof and become irrelevant or get involved and get corrupted.
Eugene McCarthyPositions on politics and religion are labels. Inside I'm still me, just older and tired.
Frank SchaefferIf churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.
George CarlinIn politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheI don't think that politics are as complex as people like to make them seem or out to be.
Lupe FiascoThe fundamentalist Zionist lobby controls politics and the media in the US and Australia.
Margo KingstonI mean if politics was my main motivation I would be doing politics. But I'm a filmmaker.
Michael MooreIf you're interested in politics and you're not following it, then it's a little bizarre.
Tony BlairPolitics is not worrying this country one-tenth as much as where to find a parking space.
Will RogersPolitics are a smooth file, which cuts gradually, and attains its end by slow progression.
Baron de MontesquieuIf I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants.
Carol Moseley BraunOf all sciences there is none where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.
David HumeThe Fate of good men who refuse to become involved in politics is to be ruled by evil men.
Edmund BurkePolitics is not a tea party. When it is time to act, you have to move fast and decisively.
Edward BrookeNot everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is.
Hunter S. ThompsonDavid Boaz has been my guide to the history, economics, and politics of freedom for years.
John StosselI have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything.
Kevin O'LearyOrganized religion is making Christianity political rather than making politics Christian.
Laurens van der PostMedicine is a social science, and politics is nothing more than medicine on a grand scale.
Rudolf VirchowIn the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.
Shirley TempleIn philosophy, as in politics, the longest distance between two points is a straight line.
Will DurantPolitics is a dirty business, but if you do not do politics, politics will be done to you.
Will ShetterlyAs a very young poet, I had been brought up on that dogma that politics was bad for poetry.
Adrienne RichGovernments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.
Barbara TuchmanAmerican politics are important because it affects the entire world in often negative ways.
Bryce DessnerOne of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.
George BrandisI just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.
Harvey FiersteinLet's not be intimidated by secular people who disparage Christian involvement in politics.
Joel HunterIf you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.
Josh BillingsIt will help erase the idea that politics is a second-rate profession and a dirty business.
Robert KennedyExplosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.
Thomas PynchonAnyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.
Thomas SowellWhat is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
Abdul KalamARENA, n. In politics, an imaginary rat-pit in which the statesman wrestles with his record.
Ambrose BierceA man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyPart of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.
Barack ObamaWe should realize that the average family in America spends five minutes a week on politics.
Celinda LakeI know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.
Corazon AquinoThere are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.
Curtis SittenfeldInsect politics, indifferent universe. Bang your head against the wall, but apathy is worse.
Don HenleyThere are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear.
Doris "Granny D" HaddockI have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.
Gail CollinsThe opinion that art should have nothing to do with politics is itself a political attitude.
George OrwellWhen I became 21, I decided that nobody learned anything about politics after the age of 21.
Grover NorquistPolitics is a fascinating game, because politics is government. It is the art of government.
Harry S. TrumanPolitics cannot stop to study psychology Its methods are rough; its judgments rougher still.
Henry AdamsIn truth I care little about any party's politicsÂthe man behind it is the important thing.
Mark TwainI have friends in politics who really put the friendship to the test through their behavior.
Martin SchulzYou can choose not to be interested in politics, but you can't choose to be unaffected by it
Penny WongPolitics are not my concern.... They impressed me as a dog's life without a dog's decencies.
Rudyard KiplingEvery Iranian artist, in one form or another, is political. Politics have defined our lives.
Shirin NeshatIn the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty .
Umberto EcoThere is a hundred things to single you out for promotion in party politics besides ability.
Will RogersI know that the politics around trade can be very difficult - especially in an election year.
Barack ObamaI am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.
Benjamin DisraeliI've never been interested in, much in the politics of the art world, it doesn't interest me.
David HockneyPolitics don't exist, actually. It's just a cheap business. Economics is what makes politics.
Eugene HutzThose people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.
Jean-Jacques RousseauI'm very open about my politics. I don't believe in any political party at all, none of them.
John Lydon"Politics" per se is absent from my writing but there is usually a moral (if ironic) compass.
Joyce Carol OatesPolitics is like navigation in a sea without charts, and wise men live the lives of pilgrims.
Joyce CaryIn politics there are so many holes, so many contradictions, you don't know what's happening.
Matt DillonI was raised with the idea that if you're not smart enough to do science you can do politics.
Michael CrichtonIn politics and in trade, bruisers and pirates are of better promise than talkers and clerks.
Ralph Waldo EmersonA lot of people have been asking whether I would ever go into politics. I'm not sure I would.
Richard ShermanWhere politics is concerned, I think poets have to be pragmatists, philosophical pragmatists.
Robert HassPolitics and prostitution have to be the only jobs where inexperience is considered a virtue.
Tina FeyPolitics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.
Tom RobbinsThe justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.
Walter LippmannThe cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
Woodrow WilsonIn politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.
Cecil ParkinsonI don't think that modesty is the outstanding characteristic of contemporary politics, do you?
Edward HeathNeither. I did not bring my crown, and the last thing I would want to do is get into politics.
Gloria EstefanA fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.
John F. KerryAll politics is personal with President Trump. And that carries with it great, great problems.
Mark ShieldsPolitics is not how you vote, it is how you live. It is not how you choose, but how you think.
Nancy FoxThe rhetoric of hate and binarisms pervades the politics of the "Third-World" and of the West.
Nyla Ali KhanModern politics has become little more than shirking responsibility and blaming somebody else.
Ross PerotPolitics, like advertising, is about people selling you things you didn't really want or need.
Tom TomorrowI adore political parties. They are the only place left to us where people don't talk politics.
Oscar WildePeron had a wise saying. In politics, you can recover from anything except looking like a fool.
Alma GuillermoprietoWhat politics I ever learned, I learned in the streets, because it was part of the environment.
Bob DylanWar is far worse. At least where politics is going on, there are usually nice hors dâoeuvres.
Brandon SandersonPolitics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.
Frank HerbertThe last thing I wanted to do was put politics into my music . . . because music was my escape.
Gloria EstefanThe manufacturing and packaging of homogeneous experience is what politics in America is about.
Howard RheingoldSurely there are enough Celtic songs without introducing religion or politics or anything else.
Jock SteinThe only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics
Jonathan AlterWhat is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education.
Jules MicheletI have always stayed out of politics, I don't believe it would be appropriate to talk about it.
Kirsty CoventryWe have not come into politics with 'Badle ki Bhavna' but we have come with 'Badlav Ki Bhavna'.
Narendra ModiPolitics has become a blood sport that goes beyond just the person whose name is on the ballot.
Paul RyanEvery traditional ways in politics that you get rid of an enemy has not worked on Donald Trump.
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodEvery traditional ways in politics that you get rid of an enemy has not worked on Donald Trump.
Rush LimbaughIf it wasn't for what goes on in the world of politics, we wouldn't really have much of a show.
Samantha BeeThe only thing that could possibly save British politics would be Margaret Thatcher's assassin.
Steven MorrisseyWhen we accept bad art because it's good politics, we're killing the swan to feed the chickens.
Tom RobbinsI don't feel, finally, that my politics are entirely determined by the fact that I'm a gay man.
Tony KushnerThe student of politics therefore as well as the psychologist must study the nature of the soul.
AristotleIn the service, when a man gives you his word, his word is binding. In politics, you never know.
Dwight D. EisenhowerDirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.
Everett DirksenSocial history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out
G. M. TrevelyanGods and politics are the tools with which the godless and unprincipled manipulate the gullible.
Janet MorrisIt is a game, the whole ball of wax is a game - your life, my life, politics, economy, hunger...
Mandy PatinkinI saw a survey and it is that NFL fans are fed up with listening to players talk about politics.
Ruqaiyyah Waris MaqsoodI saw a survey and it is that NFL fans are fed up with listening to players talk about politics.
Rush LimbaughIf ever I left the House of Commons it would be because I wanted to spend more time on politics.
Tony BennI always say, when they ask me about American politics, is for you guys to decide who you elect.
Tony BlairHitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics.
Volker UllrichBritish Conservatives base their entire approach to politics on the rule of law, and rightly so.
William Randolph HearstThe idea of having to make constant reference to politics is anathema to my calling as a writer.
Wole SoyinkaMarijuana is a very dangerous drug. Some people smoke it just once and go directly into politics.
Barry CrimminsIn politics it commonly takes a superior woman to overcome the handicap of traditional prejudice.
Bertha Knight LandesA sick society must think much about politics, as a sick man must think much about his digestion.
C. S. LewisIt turns out that it's easier to do politics in a movie. People really don't want it in their TV.
Doug LimanReligion is organized to satisfy and guide the soul -- politics does the same thing for the body.
Joyce CaryYou also want to fire people who a) create office politics, and b) who are persistently negative.
Sam AltmanThere's a similarity in both being young people who are not about the politics of respectability.
Stanley Nelson Jr.In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media.
Thomas SowellThe President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
Abdul KalamI have the unmitigated gall to think that I could lead men anywhere, business, politics or combat.
Barry GoldwaterI am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep.
George Henry BorrowI didn't -- I swear I didn't -- get into politics to feather my nest or feather my friends' nests.
George W. BushI know what high stakes politics demands, it is a twenty-four seven, totally consuming experience.
Hillary ClintonPolitics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself.
Kenneth MinogueNo Indian who aspires to follow the way of true religion can afford to remain aloof from politics.
Mahatma GandhiFor many people, politics in Brussels and Strasbourg might as well be happening on another planet.
Martin SchulzGod has no role to play in politics except to make sure politicians go where they belong. To hell.
P. J. O'RourkeSpeeches are more important in politics than talking points, as a rule, and are better remembered.
Peggy NoonanIn modern politics, even the leader of the free world needs help from the sultan of Facebookistan.
Rebecca MacKinnonWhat good would politics be, if it didn't give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises.
Thomas MannIn art, religion, and politics the respect must be mutual, no matter how violent the disagreement.
Vincent PriceCongress knew Coolidge would veto the farm bill. There was more politics than relief in that bill.
Will RogersSo much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
William J. ClintonBig Business and Politics are twins, they are the monsters who kill everything, corrupt everything.
Anais NinIn America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.
E. W. ScrippsMilitary missions cannot be a normal tool of politics, but instead must remain the great exception.
Guido WesterwelleThis self-defeating behavior, so the argument goes, must be the result of warped domestic politics.
John MearsheimerI am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics,
Justin TrudeauIn politics, arts / no issue's dramatic / nor will 'play' till its heart's / simplified to fanatic.
Mona Van DuynWhen politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics.
P. J. O'RourkeI would say that by virtue of transforming politics, [Dalai Lama] is in fact easily underestimated.
Pico IyerThe member of Congress who is not making a career of politics looks quite differently at the world.
Robert NovakThose that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents.
AristotleMixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
Billy BraggHillary Clinton follows a cardinal rule in politics - don`t commit to a decision before you have to.
Chris MatthewsThere are no more slow weeks. I realized this about 3 years ago. Downtime in politics isn't a thing.
Christopher Michael CillizzaIn politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, it takes off seven years of your life.
George StephanopoulosIf compassion and mercy are not compatible with politics then something is the matter with politics.
Gerald R. FordHe made an enormous contribution to British politics in opposition and in government [on Robin Cook]
John PrescottDivide and rule is the way Congress does their politics while we say let's unite and do development.
Narendra ModiI feel about politics the same way I do about religion: I find the best I can from different things.
Patti SmithThe one thing sure about politics is that what goes up comes down and what goes down often comes up.
Richard M. NixonHow can I, that girl standing there, My attention fix On Roman or on Russian Or on Spanish politics?
William Butler YeatsBut it was I, yes I, who discovered the link between excessive masturbation and entry into politics!
Woody AllenIt is familiar to mainstream academic scholarship. One very prominent political scientist, in his standard text American Politics 20 years ago, observes that "The architects of power in the United States must create a force that can be felt but not seen." Votes: 3 Noam Chomsky
Political scientists have long argued that party identification is the best possible predictor of voting behavior and is remarkably sticky over time. Votes: 3 Rick Perlstein
We need policy change, and the most important thing people can do is to contribute and participate in the political process. We have to vote climate change deniers and people who will create subsidies for the fossil fuel industry out of office. We have to protest when bad decisions are being made about fracking or tar sands. Votes: 1 Josh Fox
It was hard to figure out what were the good causes, the bad causes, even the good politics and the bad politics. So we started taking requests and figuring it out. Votes: 4 Jeff Ament
I know too much about British politics to comment on British politics. Votes: 2 Helle Thorning-Schmidt
It is morally, politically and socially wrong for business as business or labor as labor to participate directly in politics. Votes: 2 George W. Romney
In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. Votes: 2 Irving Layton
Where there is a sufficient social movement of self-reliant communities, there can be political change. There must be political change. Votes: 4 Jerry Brown
Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon. Votes: 1 Pat Paulsen
My mother, she worked in the mayor's office in Chicago when I was growing up and has been in democratic politics for a long time. Votes: 1 Graham Moore
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life. Votes: 4 E. Franklin Frazier
The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don't have to ask anyone or play politics. You don't have to wait for the reviews. Votes: 3 Sandy Koufax
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. Votes: 3 Tom Peters
The methodologies of examining hip hop are borrowed from sociology, politics, religion, economics, urban studies, journalism, communications theory, American studies, transatlantic studies, black studies, history, musicology, comparative literature, English, linguistics, and other disciplines. Votes: 1 Michael Eric Dyson
While big business gain subsidies and political access, small businesses drown in red tape, and individuals now risk being classified as terrorists for complaining about it. Economic globalisation is about homogenising differences in the worlds' markets, cultures, tastes and traditions. It's about giving big business access to a global market. Votes: 2 Zac Goldsmith
I, on the other hand, interrupt people because my thoughts fly out of my mouth. My handbag's full of rubbish. And I want to do something that matters with my life. Right now I'd like to write plays, sing in musicals, and/or rid the world of poverty, violence, cruelty, and right-wing conservative politics. Votes: 3 Alison Larkin
People who build family businesses are not classically trained. They have to deal with an enormous amount of politics. You think corporate politics are tough? Go work for your dad or your mom. Votes: 4 Gary Vaynerchuk
It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. Votes: 3 Martin Scorsese
Politics is - once in a while - a forum for serious debate about political philosophy. Votes: 2 P. J. O'Rourke
Do you think it's possible to discuss politics without preaching? Votes: 2 Steven Brust
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives. Votes: 1 Kathryn Harrison
I am perfectly capable of writing things about myself that one doesn't discuss in polite company, but I was raised by people who said you don't discuss politics, you don't discuss religion, and you certainly don't discuss people's sex lives. Votes: 1 Kathryn Harrison
In an age when nations and individuals routinely exchange murder for murder, when the healing grace of authentic spirituality is usurped by the divisive politics of religious organizations, and when broken hearts bleed pain in darkness without the relief of compassion, the voice of an exceptional poet producing exceptional work is not something the world can afford to dismiss. Votes: 3 Aberjhani
While everyone else is thinking about economics and politics, executive salaries and the future of the euro, do the opposite, even if it's hard. Invest in the spirit. Votes: 4 Jonathan Sacks
Many people in the world believe that in the 21st century, the Asia-Pacific - Asia in particular - will play a more important role in global economy and politics and that Asia will become an important engine for the world economy. Votes: 4 Li Keqiang
Political elections are not life and death. Votes: 2 Rita Mae Brown
The 2004 Election marks the first time in modern political history that Republican voter turnout matched Democratic turnout in a presidential election year. Votes: 1 Jeff Miller
I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister. Period. Votes: 4 Ami Ayalon
In politics the choice is constantly between two evils. Votes: 2 John Morley
I feel the political failings of the U.S.A. are presidential in length, but the aspirant narrative of the States is millennial in length. Votes: 1 Jim Crace
I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides. Votes: 3 Tim Robbins
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. Votes: 2 Linus Torvalds
For those of us in the political business, generally, it's been pretty much an unwritten but understood rule that family and children are out of bounds, that you don't attack someone's family. Votes: 4 Michael Nutter
In politics, the number of women in the cabinet has fallen and, if current poll trends continue and Labour loses a number of marginal seats, the number of female MPs is likely to drop significantly. Votes: 1 Lucy Powell
As a chef and activist, I'm particularly concerned with food politics issues such as the farm bill. Votes: 3 Marcus Samuelsson
My grandfather, in 1848, had fled from Germany to find political freedom in the United States. Votes: 1 Emanuel Celler
The Egyptian Revolution makes it clear, if anybody was in doubt, that digital technologies are going to play a powerful role in the future of global politics. Votes: 4 Rebecca MacKinnon
We are losing sight of civility in government and politics. Debate and dialogue is taking a back seat to the politics of destruction and anger and control. Dogma has replaced thoughtful discussion between people of differing views. Votes: 4 James McGreevey
When I was 17, I came to the U.S. to study Middle Eastern history and politics at Columbia University. Votes: 4 Julia Bacha
I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it. Votes: 6 Glenn Beck
I remember my dad supporting everyone on the local and national level. I was pretty much born into it. I saw the importance of politics firsthand. It gave you a chance to be at the table. Votes: 5 Nicole Avant
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. Votes: 4 Pericles
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics. Votes: 4 Elliott Abrams
To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image. Votes: 2 Evgeny Morozov
If I'm sure of a person and his potential in politics, and if I know he will live up to his promises, I wouldn't mind campaigning for him. I believe in the dictum, 'never say never.' You never know, I might end up joining politics. Votes: 5 Arjun Rampal
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Votes: 2 Lupita Nyong'o
I had an amazing advantage: a grandmother [Polly Noonan, an influential confidante of the mayor of Albany] who loved politics. She taught me not to listen to negative press or people. I grew up knowing politics was rough-and-tumble. Votes: 3 Kirsten Gillibrand
I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century. Votes: 1 Sebastian Arcelus
In both law and politics, I think the essential battle is the meta-battle of framing the narrative. Votes: 5 Ted Cruz
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon. Votes: 2 Richard Engel
Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed. Votes: 3 P. J. O'Rourke
In politics, not all lies are all lies. And not all truths are complete. Votes: 2 Mark McKinnon
In middle life politics are not a mental acquisition; they are a temperament. Votes: 3 Frank Moore Colby
History without politics descends to mere Literature. Votes: 2 John Robert Seeley
Men enter local politics solely as a result of being unhappily married. Votes: 4 C. Northcote Parkinson
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers that, just as Rome changed from republic to empire with conquest of new lands, territorial acquisition would lead to the centralization of political power. Votes: 1 Noah Feldman
I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming from a loving place instead of a political place. Votes: 1 Ellen DeGeneres
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority. Votes: 1 Will Durant
In the old days, the media is who held people accountable when they lied in politics. That isn't happening anymore. Votes: 3 Rush Limbaugh
I think if you say that art and politics, or religion and politics, mustn't mix, don't mix, that is itself a political statement. Even if you are writing a 19th-century novel where the money comes from a plantation in the Caribbean and you don't talk about that, that itself is a political thing. Votes: 1 Mohsin Hamid
Why is it that Christian activists are regularly pilloried for basing social standards on biblical texts while liberals are actually praised for mixing religion and politics? Votes: 3 Gary DeMar
What were the politics of my family? They were mainstream moderate politics. Votes: 3 Bill Ayers
The argument of the broken window pane is the most valuable argument in modern politics. Votes: 4 Emmeline Pankhurst
The money in politics is a cash cow for the media. Votes: 6 Noam Chomsky
National politics and elections are dominated by emotions, by lack of self-confidence, by fear of the other, by insecurity, by infection of the body politic by the virus of victimhood. Votes: 2 Tariq Ramadan
Social history might be defined negatively as the history of a people with the politics left out. Votes: 2 G. M. Trevelyan
As a layperson, I consider myself fairly well-educated in terms of politics. My family always has been really interested in politics, and various members of my family have a hand in politics in upstate New York. Votes: 1 Reid Scott
So I think that we're in a very heightened and somewhat unusual period of politics and polling around the countries that New Zealanders take close interest in. Votes: 1 Jim Bolger
Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential. Votes: 1 Susan Rice
I am not interested in politics at all. At home, around the dinner table, we never discuss politics. Votes: 1 Columba Bush
I don't talk about political matters. That's not my department. Votes: 3 Nancy Reagan
I'm sitting in my home office wearing a bathrobe. The same way I'm not going to start wearing ties, I'm also not going to buy into the fake politeness, the lying, the office politics and backstabbing, the passive aggressiveness, and the buzzwords. Votes: 4 Linus Torvalds
ALEC is one great organization, I think, for growing future political leaders. Votes: 3 Don Nickles
I try not to spend too much time on partisan politics. Life's too short for that. I don't really believe that there have been many human problems solved by politics. Votes: 4 Dean Koontz
I would prefer not to be involved in party politics. Votes: 4 George Soros
I'm not really a political satirist. I don't kid myself. I'm more interested in doing the mannerisms and the personality. Votes: 1 Rich Little
Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family. Votes: 1 Manny Pacquiao
What we ought not do is play politics with those who've been afflicted by disasters. This should not be controversial. Stop playing politics, do the right thing for the country and let's make sure we're not making politics with disaster relief. Votes: 3 David Plouffe
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion. Votes: 2 Lord Hailsham
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 3 Jacob Bronowski
The experience of previous years leads to one conclusion: there is one morality in politics and another for economy. In the years since 1989, the morality of the economy has fully prevailed over the ethics of politics and democracy. Votes: 3 Alexis Tsipras
If everybody in this town connected with politics had to leave town because of chasing women and drinking, you would have no government. Votes: 1 Barry Goldwater
I got politics and economics moving and then others took over. Votes: 6 Lech Walesa
I followed lectures on the history, geography, economy and political organization of Sweden. Votes: 2 Christian de Duve
Politics is not my cup of tea. I would like to focus on research and education, and will also work to help start-up ecosystem. Votes: 4 Kris Gopalakrishnan
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. Votes: 1 P. J. O'Rourke
Inspiring scenes of people taking the future of their countries into their own hands will ignite greater demands for good governance and political reform elsewhere in the world, including in Asia and in Africa. Votes: 1 William Hague
All I wanted was to be involved in politics and government. Votes: 4 Christine Quinn
Winston Churchill was a man of blood and a politico without principle, whose apotheosis serves to corrupt every standard of honesty and morality in politics and history. Votes: 3 Ralph Raico
Politics are about preserving relationships at the end of the day, and it has nothing to do with the greater good for humanity. It's just all about business. Votes: 2 will.i.am
Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy. Votes: 5 P. J. O'Rourke
Take for instance, a society where the prevailing value system is that you only go into politics and leadership to serve and not to make money. In such a nation, people know that those who go into politics and leadership come out of it poorer than they went in. Votes: 3 Sunday Adelaja
Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. Votes: 4 George Orwell
By dismantling the narrow politics of racial identity and selective self-interest, by going beyond 'black' and 'white,' we may construct new values, new institutions and new visions of an America beyond traditional racial categories and racial oppression. Votes: 2 Manning Marable
Politics only makes the difficult challenge of marriage even harder, with the demands of the job and the public spotlight it casts on a union. Votes: 2 Mark McKinnon
Media populism means appealing to people directly through media. A politician who can master the media can shape political affairs outside of parliament and even eliminate the mediation of parliament. Votes: 3 Umberto Eco
The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money. Votes: 4 Ted Shackelford
Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them. Votes: 5 Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country. Votes: 4 Kenneth Clarke
Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer. Votes: 1 Anita Roddick
The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduction of politics into religion is the prostitution of true religion. Votes: 4 Lord Hailsham
Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science. Votes: 3 E. O. Wilson
Without the political parties and the volunteering work of their members day in, day out, we would have a very different sort of politics and society. Votes: 4 David Blunkett
I've always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy. Votes: 2 Loretta Napoleoni
As a political independent, I would gladly vote for any political party dedicated to limited government and entrepreneurship. Votes: 2 Arthur C. Brooks
I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Votes: 4 John Adams
The bill's a textbook example of special interest pork barrel politics at work, and I have no choice but to veto it. Votes: 3 Ronald Reagan
Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart. Votes: 1 Mel Brooks
In politics, everybody is free to choose his friends and allies. Votes: 4 Lalu Prasad Yadav
I've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart, and he shared them with me. I went on to do a degree in history, though I found it rather dry, because it was mostly about politics rather than dashing individuals! Votes: 1 Jo Beverley
My arrest in Egypt happened in 2002, and I was convicted to five years as a political prisoner. Votes: 1 Maajid Nawaz
As for the role of France and Germany: French politics is often more self-confident then German politics due to the catastrophe in the first half of the last century. If Berlin and Paris don't agree, then it is difficult to make progress in Europe. Votes: 1 Wolfgang Schauble
I'm a socially concerned citizen of India. I have strong views on issues of social and political relevance. But it's very difficult to voice it in an intelligent manner without it sounding contrived. Because people think you're saying or doing all this as a PR exercise, not from your heart. Votes: 3 Sonam Kapoor
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon. Votes: 1 Richard Engel
No partisan political activity transpired in my office during the recount period. Votes: 2 Katherine Harris
I love my homeland, but it's an absurd country. Politics in the Philippines is like spectator sports! Votes: 2 Miguel Syjuco
The Jews invented a portable religion in the shape of the Bible, the Torah, and eventually the Talmud, and with other portable forms of writing. So it's now possible to carry the religion, that is embedded in that writing, away from the ruins of political and military power. Votes: 1 Simon Schama
We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. Votes: 2 Calvin Coolidge
If the Philippines must remain under the control of Spain, they will necessarily have to be transformed in a political sense, for the course of their history and the needs of their inhabitants so require. Votes: 3 Jose Rizal
One of the reasons MSNBC is plummeting is that I, not long ago, refused to play any content from them. I figured, why? I mean, it's genuine depraved partisan politics insanity, genuine extremist radical ignoramuses on that network. Votes: 3 Rush Limbaugh
Political leaders are expert at saying nothing. Votes: 1 P. J. O'Rourke
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. Votes: 1 Sarah Palin
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Votes: 1 Plato
It is important to recognize and politics positive thinking is often the slaves' virtue - something that people do to con themselves about the burden and change being placed upon them. Votes: 3 James Bovard
I am involved with politics today because of the inspiration I received from Ronald Reagan. Votes: 4 Michael K. Simpson
We have to be bold in our national ambitions. First, we must win the fight against poverty within the next decade. Second, we must improve moral standards in government and society to provide a strong foundation for good governance. Third, we must change the character of our politics to promote fertile ground for reforms. Votes: 2 Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 3 Jacob Bronowski
My mother saw nothing inconsistent in her traditional desire to look after her husband and children and her radical politics. She began her civil rights work before most people had ever heard the word 'feminism,' and in those early years, she was focused on racial justice. Votes: 3 Ezekiel Emanuel
I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate. Votes: 1 Bruce Davison
I think that I have very few personal gifts to bring to real politics. Votes: 4 Jason Alexander
I am struck by the fact that personal faith and political agendas are intertwined more closely now than at any other time in recent history. Votes: 1 David Price
Skip the religion and politics, head straight to the compassion. Everything else is a distraction. Votes: 6 Talib Kweli
Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private. Votes: 3 Tahar Ben Jelloun
As long as I don't write about the government, religion, politics, and other institutions, I am free to print anything. Votes: 2 Pierre Beaumarchais
I've never encountered someone in public life who has less desire to hold office than Michelle Obama, though she is incredibly gifted at retail politics. Votes: 3 David Remnick
I consider myself a political revolutionary humanist. Votes: 1 Bobby Seale
In my right-wing politics of the time, I held that unemployment was usually the fault of the unemployed. Votes: 1 Luke Ford
Fashion is not just about trends. It's about political history. You can trace it from the ancient Romans to probably until the '80s, and you can see defining moments that were due either to revolutions or changes in politics. Votes: 1 Daphne Guinness
For the European Union, Russia is as important politically and economically as China is to the U.S. Votes: 3 Ivan Krastev
I've always been very interested in political violence. When I finished high school, I did a small dissertation about political violence and fascism in Italy. Votes: 3 Loretta Napoleoni
I wasn't a particularly brilliant student, but on the other hand, I was very active in Student Union affairs and in student politics. Votes: 8 Cesar Milstein
I engage in the use of game theory. Game theory is a branch of mathematics, and that means, sorry, that even in the study of politics, math has come into the picture. We can no longer pretend that we just speculate about politics; we need to look at this in a rigorous way. Votes: 3 Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell. Votes: 2 Thomas Merton
I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along. Votes: 2 A. S. Byatt
One of the great things about the sci-fi genre is that you can kind of get away with a bit more when talking politics, making social references or dealing with very hot-button topics because it is sci-fi. Votes: 3 Rachel Nichols
The proliferation of outlets that digital technology has enabled has itself contributed to the changing nature of what we regard as 'news' and the way in which many citizens perceive politics. Votes: 4 Malcolm Turnbull
In a sense, terrorism blossomed in the advent of television. Television promotes terrorism in religion and in politics. Votes: 1 Marilyn Manson
Southern political personalities, like sweet corn, travel badly. They lose flavor with every hundred yards away from the patch. By the time they reach New York, they are like Golden Bantam that has been trucked up from Texas - stale and unprofitable. The consumer forgets that the corn tastes different where it grows. Votes: 2 A. J. Liebling
My father was a professor of political science and also a young politician fighting for democracy in Kenya, and when things got ugly, he went into political exile in Mexico. Then I moved back to Kenya shortly after I turned one, and I grew up in Kenya. Votes: 2 Lupita Nyong'o
The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues. Votes: 1 John Redwood
I can't marry myself to one idea or one form of doing politics or one form of understanding politics. I believe that we have to play the game of strategy, and understand how to move the pieces because this is how the political spectrum functions. Votes: 3 Bocafloja
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. Votes: 1 Laura Ingraham
Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism. Votes: 5 Maajid Nawaz
The reason that university politics is so vicious is because stakes are so small Votes: 3 Henry Kissinger
My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life. Votes: 3 Carl Andre
I must study war and politics so that my children shall be free to study commerce, agriculture and other practicalities, so that their children can study painting, poetry and other fine things. Votes: 3 John Adams
Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important. Votes: 1 Marcus Brigstocke
Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Votes: 1 Paul Wellstone
The advancements that women have made are very threatening to men in the job place. There haven't been that many women in politics. If you look at the conventions, it's kind of pathetic how many men are the heads of companies. On the other hand, I'm not sure what the reality should be. Votes: 4 Carly Simon
Political work is the life-blood of all economic work. Votes: 2 Mao Zedong
We have some real political differences among us, but we all share the same goals: clean air and water, injury free workplaces, safe transportation systems, to name a few of the good things that can come from regulation. Votes: 1 Fred Thompson
If I use Facebook to stay in touch with my high school friends who are church-going Republicans, I may be getting more ideological diversity than in hanging out with secular progressives on the World Politics sub-reddit. Votes: 3 Ethan Zuckerman
Politics isn't only about government. Politics is about the people. Votes: 2 Young Jeezy
The Arab awakening was driven by youth, organized by technology, and fired by a hunger for political change. Votes: 1 Najib Razak