In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. Use this quote
Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared. Use this quote
No matter where I go - London, Beirut, Jerusalem, Washington, Beijing, or Bangalore - I'm always looking to rediscover that land of ten thousand lakes where politics actually worked to make people's lives better, not pull them apart. Use this quote
Clinton and Obama practice this politics known quaintly as the Richard Speck strategy: if you cannot take on everyone in the room at once, take them out of the room one at a time. Use this quote
I like politics. I like traveling in the United States. Use this quote
Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics. Use this quote
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. Use this quote
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. Use this quote
I was raised to speak out about politics and the world around me. I would do it whether I was in the public or not. It is the way I was taught. The American way. Use this quote
The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Use this quote
In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. Use this quote
Of course there are regrets. I shall regret always that I found my own authentic voice in politics. I was too conservative, too conventional. Too safe, too often. Too defensive. Too reactive. Later, too often on the back foot. Use this quote
I think the fact is that anybody who goes into politics feels like 'I can make a difference'. But it's not one person, you need so many others. Use this quote
So my degree was in political science, which I think was - the closest I could come to marketing is politics. Use this quote
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Use this quote
Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom. Use this quote
I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for President, two for Vice President. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them. Use this quote
It's time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy. Use this quote
About 25 years ago, I started out as a reporter covering politics. And that sort of just evolved into organized crime, because organized crime and politics were the same thing in Boston. Use this quote
The problem of the Middle East is poverty more than politics. Use this quote
