Politics Quotes

In politics, it's what isn't said that matters.

I think the media loves taking the most absurd clips for a sport that has become congressional politics.

Negative politics have always been around.

I know enough about European politics to know you've got a lot of crazy people who make their way onto the ballot.

My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, sports, family relations, you know, all the sections you would expect, and wonderful religion things.

We are naïve and moralistic women. We are human beings. Who find politics a blight upon the human condition. And do not know how one copes with it except through politics.

All working, practical political systems, even those professing to originate in moral grandeur, are based upon and operate by contempt of human life and the individual fate.

Increasingly, campaigns have become narcotics that blur our awareness of problems long enough to elect the lawmakers who must deal with them.

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends.

Teaching is a good preparation for politics because you have to reply to questions when you don't know the answer.

I don't think at my age... you can start ruling people out in politics.

During my training I was trained in Psycho-politics. This was the art of capturing the minds of a nation through brainwashing and fake mental health.

I think everyone knows how much of a joint effort being in politics is. It requires all kinds of sacrifices and all kinds of support.

You may not be thinking about politics, but politics is thinking about you.

I really see the vocation of politics like I see every vocation - whether its being a reporter or serving in public life or being a plumber - as an extension of ministry.

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.

Politics and acting are very closely tied. The job is to convince.

Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve.

I've been to your mountains, I've been to your sea-side, and everywhere I went somebody's wanted a free ride.

My shows aren't about trying to save some place, because I don't feel that's the right venue for it. That's my politics right there: Don't bring politics to my shows.

Politics makes strange post-masters.

I don't see how the people who created the problem can fix it. Texas is worth fighting for, and the best way to fight is to get the politicians out of politics.

They probably would've taken Jesus if he hadn't been nailed down.

What I really hope for, ultimately, is that the closet will be a non-factor in American politics in a couple of decades.

Isn't the basis of a democracy to send somebody to Washington to bring something back for you? ... It isn't?

You need younger men in Africa, men and women in African politics.

UN is made even more complex by the constant interplay of politics and bureaucracy and can certainly be bewildering for a novice.

Socialism is a society where the resources are used democratically to provide a better life for all, based on ending the dictatorship of big business over the economy and politics.

I don't find music being less important than, like, politics.

Sometimes I still don't know if I'm prepared to go through the entire season, dealing with the different personalities, the crowds, the politics.

We all live in the moment, and we often mistakenly believe that what is true today was true always. Not so in politics, and especially in Congressional elections.

I like politics. I like traveling in the United States.

Politics is a people business. I like people.

I want to thank the pioneering women who years ago opened the doors of politics in Costa Rica. My government will be open to all Costa Ricans of good faith.

It costs us $1 million for every troop[soldier] in Afghanistan.

Politics is that rare sport where the amateur contest is actually more interesting than the professional.

Trying to turn the Congress the President on the Iran deal, - it's one thing to do that - it's a giant moment in Israeli politics to decide to do that.

History is more interesting than politics.

Vitali [Klitschko] does want to fight me, but his promoter wants to be bigger than him. This is another situation of politics in the sport.

When politics and home life have become one and the same thing, [...] then,[...] it is evident that we will be in a state of total liberty or anarchy.

I don't get involved in record label politics.

To this hour, the great science and duty of politics is lowered by the petty leaven of small and personal advantage.

Saying that the Palestinian people aren't really a people - that's not a zany thing to say. That's a psychotic thing to say in the midst of all of the politics we live through on a daily basis.

If you are going to stick to the truth then you need to keep your distance from the Chinese government and indeed to any form of politics, including the politics of democratic countries.

When politics promote hate, it becomes a rule, and populist provocation becomes standard. It has been the same throughout the entire history of humanity.

You should never ask actors about politics.

I don't like to talk about politics. If you say you're a Democrat, that'll turn off Republicans, and that's half of your fan base.

But I don't believe in organised politics, organised religion, organised music, organised anything.

Pelosi's problem is her spine doesn't reach her brain.

Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians.